beat the clock

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To perform a task or successfully complete an activity within a time limit. idiomatic
    — He and Mr. Goldie have managed to beat the clock, finishing and printing the book themselves while Mr. Murray is still alive.
  2. To be used or become operational before a deadline or date of expiration. idiomatic
    — Judge Randall Thomas dropped a dozen theft charges against Hunt . . ., ruling that the indictment came after a three-year state statute of limitations had run out. One ethics charge—punishable by up to $10,000 and 10 years behind bars—did beat the clock.
  3. To remain youthful; to live a long, healthy life. idiomatic
    — [T]he man who looked like an ageing rocker trying to beat the clock, was none other than Robert Lee Vesco.

词形变化

beats the clock present,singular,third-person beating the clock participle,present beat the clock past beaten the clock participle,past
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