tick over
基本解釋
- 慢吞吞地工作；進(jìn)行緩慢
英漢例句
- Corruption - Duration reduced and damage per tick increased. Total damage over duration approximately identical.
腐蝕，時(shí)間減少，單位時(shí)間傷害增加，總傷害基本不變。 - It was maybe because of Berne - where clocks continue to tick over centuries - that the Theory of Relativity, a concept that time is not constant, could have been born.
UNESCO: Culture - The truth of our over-informed lives is we have to tick to-dos off our list as we progress through the day.
FORBES: IBM's CEO Is Plain Wrong About Technology and Change. Here's Why - They might have set-up costs, both in time and money, but once they are rolling they can just tick over in the background.
FORBES: The Business of Writing: Turn Your Income Stream Into A River
雙語(yǔ)例句
權(quán)威例句
英英字典
- (of an engine) to run at low speed with the throttle control closed and the transmission disengaged (See also idle)
- the speed of an engine when it is ticking over
- (as modifier)