twelve

We close for lunch between twelve and two .

十二点至两点是我们的午餐打烊时间。

After twelve days at sea , they sighted land .

在海上航行十二天后他们看到了陆地。

It 's ten past twelve .

现在十二点十分。

The President arrived , escorted by twelve soldiers .

总统在十二名卫兵的护送下到达。

The president arrived , escorted by twelve bodyguards .

总统在十二名保镖的护送下到达。

He retired twelve batters in a row .

他一连使十二个击球手出局。

The clock on the wall showed one minute to twelve

墙上的钟指向11点59分。

We waited till twelve and we finally got on the plane

我们一直等到12点才终于上了飞机。

Some firms expect the guards to work twelve hours a day .

有些公司要求保安每天工作12小时。

Her own twelve pictures sold fairly well , mostly to friends and family

她自己的12幅画卖得相当好，多半卖给了朋友和家人。

A twelve hour night time curfew is in force .

正在执行12小时的宵禁。

The building will house twelve boys and eight girls

这座房子里会住12个男孩和8个女孩。

It was to be a closed circle of no more than twelve women

它本来应该是一个不超过12名女性的封闭的小圈子。

Babies of eight to twelve months are generally highly imitative .

8到12个月大的婴儿通常很爱模仿。

He was almost back to his belligerent mood of twelve months ago .

他故态复萌，几乎又像一年前那样咄咄逼人了。

The twelve finalists will be listed in the Sunday Times .

12名决赛选手的名单将刊登在《星期日泰晤士报》上。

I met some friends and stayed out until eleven or twelve .

我见了几个朋友，直到夜里十一二点才回家。

Disagreements among the twelve EC countries prevented them from taking any concerted action

欧共体12个成员国之间的意见不合导致他们无法采取统一的行动。

Take the water ere the clock strikes twelve .

在12点前取水。

Twelve extremely good-looking , smooth young men have been picked as finalists

12名特别漂亮精明的青年男子被选为参加决赛的选手。

Finches start to moult at around twelve weeks of age .

燕雀大约在12个星期大小的时候开始换羽毛。

We have been gradually bled for twelve years

我们被一点一滴地压榨了12年。

She displayed her wound to the twelve gentlemen of the jury

她给陪审团的12位男士看了她的伤口。

The clock in the church struck twelve , and soon after people began to stream out .

教堂的钟敲响了十二点，不久人们便开始鱼贯而出。

Twelve Cubans left the embassy after sheltering there for several days .

12名古巴人在大使馆藏身了几天后离开了。

' What time were you planning lunch ? ' — 'Half past twelve , if that 's convenient . '

“你打算什么时候吃午饭？”“如果方便的话，12点半。”

It had just turned twelve o'clock .

刚过12点。

Twelve thousand workers will go onto a four-day week at their factory in Birmingham .

伯明翰工厂的12,000名工人将采取每周4天工作制。

We were set upon by about twelve youths and I was kicked unconscious .

我们遭到了大约12名青年的袭击，我被踢晕过去了。

In most jurisdictions , twelve jurors and two alternates are chosen

大多数辖区都会选出12名陪审员和2名候补陪审员。