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名詞

good time (countable and uncountable, plural good times)

1. (countable) A period of time spent doing some pleasant, enjoyable, or entertaining activity.

   Hyponym: time of one's life (superlative degree)

   Let the good times roll.

   A good time was had by all.

   Q: Did you have a good time at your friend's wedding reception? A: Yes, it was a good time for everyone.

   • 1997, Shania Twain, Mutt Lange, “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!”, in Come On Over‎, performed by Shania Twain:

     Ah, no inhibitions
     Make no conditions
     Get a little outta line
     I ain't gonna act
     Politically correct
     I only wanna have a good time

2. (uncountable) The reduction of a prisoner's sentence for good conduct while imprisoned.
   • 1984 August 18, R. L. Richardson, “Women In Cages”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 6, page 7:

     Sex on female units is treated as a "disgusting and degrading practice," and women have lost accrued good-time and gone to solitary confinement for as little as a peck on the cheek.

3. A suitable time; a suitable occasion.

   When is a good time for you?

   Is this a good time?

   There's never a good time for [X].

   It's always a good time for [X].

   • 2022 January 12, Christian Wolmar, “A new year... but the same old mistakes are being made”, in RAIL, number 948, pages 40–41:

     How can the unions - or more specifically the RMT - possibly think this is a good time to exert a bit of industrial muscle and indulge in strikes both on the national railway and the London Underground?