a) (also set the clock backAmerican EnglishAmE) to go back to the way things were done in the past instead of doing things in a modern way – used to show disapproval 倒退,开倒车〔含贬义〕
The new employment bill will put the clock back 50 years.
新的就业法案将使历史倒退50年。
b)to return to a good situation that you experienced in the past or to make someone remember such a situation 让时光倒流,回到从前
The kids are all grown up now and you can’t put the clock back.
孩子们现在都已经长大,你无法让时光倒流。
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put/turn the clock back• This great divide can not be bridged by turning the clock back.• He thinks you can turn the clock back.• If I could turn the clock back, I don't think I'd studylaw again.• Not unless they fell into Morton's hands. Turn the clock back.• It was almost like turning the clock back a couple of centuries.• Or not lie, maybe. Turn the clock back.• We can not turn the clock back.• What is past is past and you can not turn the clock back.• It would be nice to put the clock back to the years when Mum and Dad were still alive.• The most important thing now is not to turn the clock back.
4.put the clock(s) back/forwardBritish EnglishBrETMC to change the time shown on the clock to one hour earlier or later, when the time officially changes 〔根据官方的时间调整〕把时间拨慢/拨快(一小时)
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put the clock(s) back/forward• They were therefore accused of putting the clock back and bringing the besthope of Christendom to an impasse.• I can't put the clock back.• Anyway, even if one wanted to, one couldn't put the clock back to an earlier age.
5the clocks go back/forwardBritish EnglishBrE the time changes officially to one hour earlier or later 〔根据官方的时间调整〕时间拨慢/拨快(一小时)
The clocks go back in October.
10月份时间拨慢一小时。
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the clocks go back/forward• I, like many other riders, am eagerly awaitingthe clocks going forward.• Police say they had to enforce the law after 1am when the clocks went forward an hour.• When the clocks go back in late October it will be dark by five o'clock in the afternoon.
6against the clock
a)HURRYif you work against the clock, you work as quickly as you can because you do not have much time 抢时间,争分夺秒
Everyone is racing against the clock to get things ready in time.
为了按时完成工作,人人都在和时间赛跑。
b)HURRYif you run, swim etc against the clock, you run or swim a particular distance while your speed is measured 〔在跑步、游泳等需要计时的活动中〕尽可能快地,拼命地
7.twenty-four hour clockTMCa system for measuring time in which the hours of the day and night have numbers from 0 to 2324小时制,24小时计时方法
8.start/stop the clockTMCto start or stop measuring how much time is left in a game or sport that has a time limit 〔在比赛中〕开始/停止计时
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start/stop the clock• The clock is stopped when a player runs out of bounds with the ball.• If you are bled totally dry and white, they will simply stop the clock.• Some expendtremendousenergy desperately trying to stop the clock.• You start the clock, paint the glue, fit the pieces, block the cramps.
9the clock is tickingused to say that there is not much time left to do something 时间在一分一秒地过去,所剩时间不多
The clock is ticking for those who have not yet filled in their tax form.
b)TTCTMan instrument in a vehicle that measures the speed at which it is travelling 车速表,车速计
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on the clock• He presses the snoozebuttonon the clock with a practisedfinger and falls effortlessly asleep.• GXU3, Lucinda thought feverishly, eyes on the clock.• Mavis's eyes on the clock.• The car still has only 16,000 mileson the clock.• He had a car - a Volvo 244, five years old with only twelve thousand miles on the clock.• He ran to midcourt and hugged Barros, but soon realized that 0. 8 secondsremainedon the clock.• The margin is now four with three seconds on the clock.• Eddie grabs the rebound and puts it up with no time on the clock.
11.run out the clock/kill the clockAmerican EnglishAmEDS if a team runs out the clock at the end of a game, it tries to keep the ball for the rest of the game so that its opponents cannot get any points 〔在比赛末段持球〕消耗时间不让对方得分
1MEASUREto cover a distance in a particular time, or to reach a particular speed in a race 以…速度行驶;达到〔某速度〕
Karen won in the 300 metres, clocking 42.9 seconds.
凯伦在300米比赛中获胜,跑了42.9秒。
the first steam engine to clock 100 miles an hour
第一台时速为100英里的蒸汽机车
2TMto measure or record the time or speed that someone or something is travelling at 测[记录]…的速度;为…计时
clock somebody at/doing something
The police clocked him doing between 100 and 110 miles per hour.
警察测出他的时速在100到110英里之间。
3British EnglishBrE informal to notice someone or something, or to look at them carefully 注意到,仔细看
Did you clock the bloke by the door?
你注意到门口那个家伙了吗?
4British EnglishBrE to reduce the number of miles or kilometres shown on the instrument in a car that says how far it has gone, in order to sell the car for more money 〔为了使汽车卖高价而〕改小〔汽车〕的里程数
He knew the car had been clocked, but he couldn’t prove it.
他知道这辆车的里程数被改过了,但他无法证明。
PHRASAL VERBS
5clock in/onphrasal verbphr v especially British EnglishBrEWORK/DO WORKto record on a specialcard the time you arrive at or begin work 〔用专门的卡片〕记录上班时间,打卡上班SYN American English punch in
I clock on at 8:30.
我8点30分打卡上班。
6clock offphrasal verbphr vBritish EnglishBrE
a) informal to leave work at the end of the day 下班
7.clock outphrasal verbphr v especially British EnglishBrEWORK/DO WORKto record on a specialcard the time you stop or leave work 〔用专门的卡片〕记录下班时间,打卡下班SYN American English punch out
8clock up somethingphrasal verbphr vREACHto reach or achieve a particular number or amount 达到〔某一数量〕
The Dodgers have clocked up six wins in a row.
道奇队已连胜六场。
I clocked up 90,000 miles in my Ford.
我的福特车已跑了90,000英里。
Councillor Scott has clocked up more than 25 years on the borough council.
斯科特议员在区议会任职超过25年了。
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clock up • The Astra has now clocked up 17,300 miles and our time together is almost at an end.• He had also clocked up 34 years as a retainedfirefighter when he retired from that job two years ago.• Thomas has clocked up 40 years service with Llanidloes.• The telepathy is working and extrasingles are being clocked up.• Mark Todd often appears to be quite casual as he clocks up a fastest time of the day.• Liz Lloyd Jones's Somerville Hundred Clubclocked up its first hundred members and raised £800 for Somerville.• The trio have clocked up more than 100 years of localauthority service between them.• He hooks his thumbs in his pockets and tips back and one-eyes that clock up on the wall.
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clock• Livingstone clocked 18 mins 6 secs for the 3 1/2 miles in heavyrain, beating Vose by ten metres.• The runner from Lynbrook clocked the fastest time this season on the mile run.• Roemer now recognized that earlier attempts to clock the speed of light had failed because the distances tested were too short.• But he'd soon shut up if he clocked the Stud Hoss in the car park.