释义 |
good time noun- a period of incarceration that does not destroy the prisoner’s spirit US
- In the Joint I always get in top shape; no coke, no pot, no pussy, so you work out. I always do good time. — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 41, 1975
- a reduction of a prison sentence for good behaviour in jail US, 1952
- Each man had to have his own calendar on which his Good Time was accumulated and his parole anticipated. — Donald Wilson, My Six Convicts, p. 88, 1951
- “I’ve already taken sixty days of your good-time, Monroe,” he said. — Chester Himes, Cast the First Stone, p. 298, 1952
- Through this, the Administration took away from a girl a number of her good days; that is days that constituted her conditional release date. — Helen Bryan, Inside, p. 250, 1953
- Now I never got in no fights, ‘cause on construction you could box all you wanted to, and wouldn’t lose no good time. — Henry Williamson, Hustler!, p. 70, 1965
- Sonja is short – I’d be very drugged if she lost goodtime about some dyke production. — Clarence Cooper Jr, The Farm, p. 169, 1967
- I was released after twenty-one months. I got three months "good time" for good conduct. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Pimp, p. 75, 1969
- You’ll get solitary confinement, and you’ll lose your good time, more than eight years, and your last chances for parole. — Red Rudensky, The Gonif, p. 17, 1970
- I got a pencil and paper down and figured my good time, and I wouldn’t have but about two and a half years to do if I can get it all back. — Bruce Jackson, In the Life, p. 322, 1972
- time that counts towards a soldier’s military commitment US
- It’s considered good time if you are in a medical facility even if you spend your whole tour there – the Army simply counts it as Vietnam time. — Ronald J. Glasser, 365 Days, p. 7, 1971
▶ the original good time that was had by all used of a sexually promiscuous woman US, 1981 A twist of the clichéd catchphrase “a good time was had by all”, coined by US film actress Bette Davis, 1908–1989. The original catchphrase is credited to poet Stevie Smith, who acquired it for use as a title from the reportage of parish magazines. |