| 单词 | there is no time to lose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthere is (was, etc.) no time to lose (b) no time to lose and variants: used to express or emphasize the need for quick or urgent action. Chiefly in to have no time to lose, there is (was, etc.) no time to lose. ΚΠ 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxvii. 93 Sithence it must continue so short a time, and begunne so late (for we were both growne men, and he some yeares older then my selfe) there was no time to be lost [Fr. elle n'avait point à perdre temps]. 1636 tr. J. D. de Saint-Sorlin Ariana i. v. 82 They hastened away because there was no time to lose. 1726 R. Bradley Country Gentleman & Farmer's Monthly Director 12 Now there is no time to lose, all Hands, and all the Teams that can be procured, are little enough for large Farms to get the Ground cropt compleatly for a Summer Harvest. 1790 Maid of Kent II. 159 There is no time to be lost. She is pursued by a wretch who seeks her perdition. 1863 Fraser's Mag. July 101 If we're for action, there's no time to lose... The ball's with Pigot if we hesitate. 1927 Pop. Mech. Mar. (Advertising section) 13/2 If you want your set of the new Britannica in the preferred new form, you have no time to lose. 1994 J. Coe What a Carve Up! (1995) 169 We must meet, Michael. There are no two ways about it. We must arrange a rendezvous, and there is no time to be lost. 2010 J. Dane Evil without Face xi. 142 She had no time to lose if she intended to get at the truth enough to help Jess. < as lemmas |
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