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.