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单词 against time
释义 against time
adverb
1. : in an attempt to approach, equal, or surpass a record or a previously recorded time
 < they raced, not against each other, but against time >
2. : in an effort to complete an action before a certain time
 < he wrote the essay hurriedly, as if against time >
 < were working against time to repair the levees >
3. : with the intention of effecting a delay by using up time
 < the legislator was merely talking against time >
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