Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been widely investigated in environmental field, for most of them are mutagenic (carcinogenic, teratogenic, mutagenic). The influence of delay time and gate width on the time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy of fluoranthene in ethanol was studied in this paper. Furthermore, laser induced time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy of fluoranthene with different concentration were also researched. According to the results, fluorescence kinetics decay curves and fluorescence lifetime of fluoranthene matched. The research results showed that there was closely relationship between the fluorescence spectrum of fluoranthene and the delay time and gate width of detector. When the delay time was fixed, the fluorescence intensity of fluoranthene grew increased as the gate width increased. When the gate width was fixed, the fluorescence intensity of fluoranthene increased first and then decreased with the delay time increases. The process of the attenuation of fluorescence intensity of fluoranthene with time delay conformed to the exponential decay process. The stepwise dilution of fluoranthene ethanol solution was also studied. With increasing dilution, the fitting of fluoranthene fluorescence lifetime increased. The results of this paper can provide a technical basis for the detection of PAHs in the environment, due to the different characteristics of the fluorescent substance having fluorescence lifetime.