1TIME/RIGHT OR WRONG TIME[uncountableU] the skill of doing something at exactly the right time 时机的掌握,火候的把握
perfect/good/bad etc timing
He was just walking into the restaurant when we got there. Perfect timing.
我们到的时候他正好走进饭店,时间算得好准。
He told jokes with an exquisite sense of timing.
他讲笑话时很会把握时机。
2[countableC, uncountableU] the time when someone does something or when something happens, especially when you are considering how suitable this is 〔某人做某事或某事发生的〕时间
timing of
The president and I did not discuss the timing of my departure.
我和总统没有讨论我离职的时间。
Ferry schedules and precise timings are subject to weather conditions on the day of departure.
perfect/good/bad etc timing• Here I am. Good timing, actually.• This is both a bad idea and bad timing.• The humiliation had been her own faultbad timing, that was all.• The campaign receivedmixedreviewsinside and outside Hollywood, with some accusing Jackson of bad timing.• The Boy Scouts have found themselves the victims of bad timing, bad judgment and bad politics.• William Okay-perfect timing as ever-hold the fort for a second will you, Martin?• Chapman, with perfect timing, anticipated events by arranging to meet Stephenson at Leeds, on his way home from Birmingham.• Though not the most powerfulpunch ever thrown, Stretch's right hook was delivered with perfect timing.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + TIMING | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤exact, precise確切的/準確的時間選擇◇There is disagreement within the government over the exact timing of the referendum.政府內部在全民公決的確切日期上存在分歧。➤convenient, fortuitous方便的/適宜的時間安排◇The timing of the meeting is not convenient.會議的時間安排不合適。➤inconvenient, unfortunate不方便的/不合適的時間選擇◇the unfortunate timing of the announcement通告發佈得不合時宜➤accurate, careful, good, great, impeccable, perfect精確的/仔細的/良好的/極好的/無懈可擊的/完美的時間安排▸➤right合適的時機◇He knew the timing was right for a comeback.他知道那是復出的合適時機。➤bad, poor糟糕的時間安排▸➤split-second分秒不差的時間安排▸➤comedic, comic引人發笑的時機把握VERB + TIMING➤have具有把握時機的本領◇He has the split-second timing all good players need.他具有所有優秀運動員必不可少的分秒不差地把握時機的本領。PREPOSITION➤with... timing以⋯的時機掌握◇The punchline was delivered with perfect comic timing.包袱在最滑稽的時刻抖了出來。PHRASES➤get the timing right, get the timing wrong正確地/錯誤地選擇時間▸➤a matter of timing時機把握問題◇Using press releases to good effect is a matter of timing.使新聞發佈取得良好效果是一個時機把握的問題。➤a sense of timing把握時機的意識◇She has a wonderful sense of timing.她非常善於審時度勢。