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

b. to stop the clock.

(a) To stop the passage of time; to pause life's onward movement; to (appear to) grow no older.

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1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xxix. 250 To stop the clock of busy existence, at the hour when we were personally sequestered from it..is the infirmity of many invalids, and the mental unhealthiness of almost all recluses.

1866 ‘E. Foxton’ Herman I. xiii. 304 He wanted no change. He would have liked only to stop the clock, and make the earth stand still.

1923 D. Scarborough In Land of Cotton xvi. 271 ‘You'd like this—to last?’ She spoke softly... ‘Yes, it would suit me to stop the clock right now.’

2004 Red Oct. 278/4 I started using expensive skincare when I was 30 in an effort to stop the clock.

(b) To delay recognition that a deadline has been reached, in order to allow extra time for a decision to be made, negotiations to be carried out, etc.Originally and sometimes later with reference to a literal halting of the movement of a clock.

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1908 Chicago Tribune 10 July 1/7 It was midnight by the time the last nominating speech was under way and then the clock was stopped. This simple device, it was supposed, made the Friday morning proceedings still part of the legislative day of Thursday.

1986 C. W. Moore Mediation Process xiii. 244 Another mediator strategy..is to ‘stop the clock’. In this maneuver, the mediator obtains agreement to continue negotiations and to temporarily ignore the passage of time and the consequences of exceeding the deadline.

2019 FT.com (Nexis) 30 Jan. Mrs May will come under pressure from pro-EU MPs in mid-February to stop the clock and seek an extension to the Article 50 divorce process.

(c) Sport (chiefly North American). In certain sports: to bring play to a halt for a short time during which the clock timing that period of play does not advance, as in the case of a timeout, injury, infraction, etc.

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1946 Los Angeles Times 8 Oct. ii. 7/5 The referee stopped the clock and the Rams went over after Brock had been made to bring the ball back.

1976 M. Novak Joy of Sports xvi. 312 Coaches devise ways to get around the rules (players change jerseys; feign injuries to stop the clock; call signals to draw the other team offsides, etc.).

2014 E. Howling Red Zone Rivals (2015) ii. 15 The ref blew his whistle to stop the clock. Quinn looked up at the scoreboard. Just five seconds left.

单词	to stop the clock
释义	> as lemmas to stop the clock b. to stop the clock. (a) To stop the passage of time; to pause life's onward movement; to (appear to) grow no older. ΚΠ 1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xxix. 250 To stop the clock of busy existence, at the hour when we were personally sequestered from it..is the infirmity of many invalids, and the mental unhealthiness of almost all recluses. 1866 ‘E. Foxton’ Herman I. xiii. 304 He wanted no change. He would have liked only to stop the clock, and make the earth stand still. 1923 D. Scarborough In Land of Cotton xvi. 271 ‘You'd like this—to last?’ She spoke softly... ‘Yes, it would suit me to stop the clock right now.’ 2004 Red Oct. 278/4 I started using expensive skincare when I was 30 in an effort to stop the clock. (b) To delay recognition that a deadline has been reached, in order to allow extra time for a decision to be made, negotiations to be carried out, etc.Originally and sometimes later with reference to a literal halting of the movement of a clock. ΚΠ 1908 Chicago Tribune 10 July 1/7 It was midnight by the time the last nominating speech was under way and then the clock was stopped. This simple device, it was supposed, made the Friday morning proceedings still part of the legislative day of Thursday. 1986 C. W. Moore Mediation Process xiii. 244 Another mediator strategy..is to ‘stop the clock’. In this maneuver, the mediator obtains agreement to continue negotiations and to temporarily ignore the passage of time and the consequences of exceeding the deadline. 2019 FT.com (Nexis) 30 Jan. Mrs May will come under pressure from pro-EU MPs in mid-February to stop the clock and seek an extension to the Article 50 divorce process. (c) Sport (chiefly North American). In certain sports: to bring play to a halt for a short time during which the clock timing that period of play does not advance, as in the case of a timeout, injury, infraction, etc. ΚΠ 1946 Los Angeles Times 8 Oct. ii. 7/5 The referee stopped the clock and the Rams went over after Brock had been made to bring the ball back. 1976 M. Novak Joy of Sports xvi. 312 Coaches devise ways to get around the rules (players change jerseys; feign injuries to stop the clock; call signals to draw the other team offsides, etc.). 2014 E. Howling Red Zone Rivals (2015) ii. 15 The ref blew his whistle to stop the clock. Quinn looked up at the scoreboard. Just five seconds left. extracted from clockn.¹adv. < as lemmas
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