核心问题
请问 have time 与 have a time 两个短语意思是否相同？
词典解答
have time 没有什么特别的意思,可按字面来理解:有时间。
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I'm sorry I didn't have time to change. (Macaulay)
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It is twelve o'clock now; I have just time to catch the train.
have a time 则不能按字面理解,它的意思是:(1)费很大劲,遇到很大困难;(2)玩得痛快。请考察下面的例句:
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Poor Susan had a time trying to get the children to go to bed. (DAI) 可怜的苏珊费了很大劲才使孩子们上床睡觉。
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Mary had herself a time dancing at the party. (DAI) 玛丽在聚会上跳舞玩得很痛快。
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John had a time passing his math course. (DAI) 约翰费了好大劲才修完了数学课程。
注意: have a good time, have a bad(hard)time, have an easy time 则另有含义, 分别为: “过得愉快”“过得不好(艰苦)”“过得优裕”。