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not a whit
常用于否定句，意为‘一点也不’。
He was not a whit disturbed by the criticism.
他丝毫没有被批评打扰。
圣灵降临节；五旬节
whits — plural of whit
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圣灵降临节；五旬节
Whitsunday; the Christian festival of Pentecost.
He was not a whit disturbed by the criticism.
他丝毫没有被批评打扰。
圣灵降临节。
Whitsunday.
圣灵降临节的季节
The season of Whitsuntide.
Whit is the Christian festival that falls fifty days after Easter.
圣灵降临节是复活节后第五十天到来的基督教节日。
Many families go to the countryside during Whit.
许多家庭在圣灵降临周期间去乡下。
The children had a week off school at Whit.
孩子们在圣灵降临节有一周不用上学。
常用于否定句，意为‘一点也不’。
He was not a whit disturbed by the criticism.
他丝毫没有被批评打扰。
后接不可数名词，强调完全没有。
She performed the task without a whit of hesitation.
她毫不犹豫地完成了任务。
意为‘完全、全部’，常用于肯定句。
The plan failed every whit as predicted.
这个计划完全如预测的那样失败了。
Not this
I don't have any whit of doubt.
Use this
I don't have a whit of doubt.
在否定句中，'whit'前通常用不定冠词'a'，而不是'any'，因为'whit'表示最小量，常用在固定结构'not a whit'中。
Not this
He has a whit of confidence.
Use this
He doesn't have a whit of confidence.
'whit'一般用于否定句或疑问句，很少用于肯定句。肯定句中表达少许通常用'a bit'或'a little'。
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圣灵降临节（复活节后第七个星期日）
Many families attend special services on Whit Sunday.
许多家庭在圣灵降临节参加特别的礼拜。
圣灵降临节后的星期一
Whit Monday is a bank holiday in the United Kingdom.
在联合王国，圣灵降临节后的星期一是公共假日。
圣灵降临周
The town's Whit week celebrations draw visitors from nearby cities.
这个城镇的圣灵降临周庆祝活动吸引了附近城市的游客。
圣灵降临节周末
We went camping over the Whit weekend.
我们在圣灵降临节周末去露营了。
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联想“white”：圣灵降临节（Whit Sunday）时信徒穿白衣，故称“白节”，whit即white的变体。
语域：formal 常见场景：Christian liturgical calendar、historical religious writing 此义项专指圣灵降临节（Whitsunday）或其季节（Whitsuntide），属于教会与历史语境中的专用表达；现代英语中单独使用时较少见，多出现在宗教文献或历史叙述中。
常用否定结构，如 not a whit
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