英语词汇“to mark time”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

23. transitive. Originally Military. to mark time: to march on the spot, without moving forward; (figurative) to act routinely, to go through the motions, esp. while awaiting an opportunity for something.

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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > do nothing [verb (intransitive)]

not to lift a finger1529

to mark time1837

to lay back1920

society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [verb (intransitive)] > march > mark time

to mark time1837

1792 Rules & Regulations His Majesty's Forces i. 18 On the word, Mark Time, the Foot then advancing compleats its pace; after which the cadence is continued, without gaining any ground.

1837 T. B. Macaulay Lord Bacon in Ess. (1903) II. 200 The human mind accordingly, instead of marching, merely marked time.

1903 F. W. H. Myers Human Personality II. 296 The Agnostic's appeal to us to halt and mark time.

1919 J. Reed tr. V. Lenin in Ten Days that shook World xi. 270 When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward—or go back.

1933 V. Brittain Test. of Youth iv. 182 Edward, who was still marking time in the southern counties waiting for his final orders.

1963 B. Friedan Feminine Mystique i. 27 They are the ones who quit high school and college to marry, or marked time in some job in which they had no real interest until they married.

1987 tr. M. Gorbachev Perestroika i. ii. 93 We would have had to modernize production by using outmoded, obsolescent equipment. It would have been tantamount to marking time.

2001 I. McEwan Atonement 331 Marking time rather than changing the subject she said, ‘You're a probationer’.

单词	to mark time
释义	> as lemmas to mark time 23. transitive. Originally Military. to mark time: to march on the spot, without moving forward; (figurative) to act routinely, to go through the motions, esp. while awaiting an opportunity for something. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > do nothing [verb (intransitive)] not to lift a finger1529 to mark time1837 to lay back1920 society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [verb (intransitive)] > march > mark time to mark time1837 1792 Rules & Regulations His Majesty's Forces i. 18 On the word, Mark Time, the Foot then advancing compleats its pace; after which the cadence is continued, without gaining any ground. 1837 T. B. Macaulay Lord Bacon in Ess. (1903) II. 200 The human mind accordingly, instead of marching, merely marked time. 1903 F. W. H. Myers Human Personality II. 296 The Agnostic's appeal to us to halt and mark time. 1919 J. Reed tr. V. Lenin in Ten Days that shook World xi. 270 When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward—or go back. 1933 V. Brittain Test. of Youth iv. 182 Edward, who was still marking time in the southern counties waiting for his final orders. 1963 B. Friedan Feminine Mystique i. 27 They are the ones who quit high school and college to marry, or marked time in some job in which they had no real interest until they married. 1987 tr. M. Gorbachev Perestroika i. ii. 93 We would have had to modernize production by using outmoded, obsolescent equipment. It would have been tantamount to marking time. 2001 I. McEwan Atonement 331 Marking time rather than changing the subject she said, ‘You're a probationer’. extracted from markv. < as lemmas
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