Jan 7, 2008 03:00
16 yrs ago
English term
'Several minutes' and 'Some minutes'
English to Chinese
Medical
Medical: Pharmaceuticals
"Several minutes after taking medication".
"Some minutes after taking medication".
请问‘several minutes'和'some minutes'哪个更长些，精确对应的中文应该是什么？谢谢！
"Some minutes after taking medication".
请问‘several minutes'和'some minutes'哪个更长些，精确对应的中文应该是什么？谢谢！
Proposed translations
(Chinese)
| 3 +4 | 很难比较 |
franksf
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| 3 -1 | many minutes after medication |
camagni
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Proposed translations
+4
42 mins
Selected
很难比较
IMHO, both are greater than "a few" (3~5).
"Several" 大概 =< 10, and "some" 比"several"来得更加不确定。"Some"跟别的定量的词不好比较。
"Several" 大概 =< 10, and "some" 比"several"来得更加不确定。"Some"跟别的定量的词不好比较。
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Comment: "Thank you very much Frank!"
-1
21 mins
many minutes after medication
several minutes means many/a lot of minutes after medication (long after)
some minutes means just few minutes after medication (shortly after)
sorry, but I don't know chinese: I hope this explanations could be useful for you...
some minutes means just few minutes after medication (shortly after)
sorry, but I don't know chinese: I hope this explanations could be useful for you...
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
chica nueva
: several = more than two but not many (Collins Concise English Dictionary) IMO after several minutes is shorter than after some minutes
6 hrs
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