英语词汇“against 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-新都网

单词	against the clock
释义	against the clock phrase If you are doing something against the clock, you are doing it in a great hurry, because there is very little time. The emergency services were working against the clock as the tide began to rise. It's now become a race against the clock. See full dictionary entry for clock against the clock in British English a. under pressure, as to meet a deadline b. (in certain sports, such as show jumping) timed by a stop clock the last round will be against the clock See full dictionary entry for clock Examples of 'against the clock' in a sentence against the clock A note in Patrick's handwriting had been left propped up against the clock on the sitting-room mantelpiece. Ferrars, Elizabeth THY BROTHER DEATH But there on the mantelpiece, where Patrick had propped it against the clock, was still his message. Ferrars, Elizabeth THY BROTHER DEATH That would take up valuable time; UNACO are working against the clock just as much as we are. MacNeill, Alastair CODE BREAKER
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against the clock