| 词汇 | it's (only/just) a matter/question of time |
| 释义 | it's (only/just) a matter/question of timeit's (only/just) a matter/question of time used to say that something will definitely happen at some time in the future, but you do not know when 这（只）是个时间问题〔指某事肯定会发生〕 I’ll find the key eventually. It’s just a question of time. 我总会找到钥匙的，只是个时间问题。 It’s only a matter of time before we catch the person who killed her. 我们迟早会抓到杀害她的凶手。 Examples from the Corpus it’s (only/just) a matter/question of time• But they believe it's only a matter of time before the disease crosses the county boundary.• If he hasn't already killed somebody, then it's only a matter of time.• They think it's only a matter of time before he breaks. → it’s (only/just) a matter/question of time at time1(29) |
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