Race against the clock
争分夺秒
🧩 词语组成解析
race
[res]
n. 赛跑;人种;竞争;民族;
v. 参加比赛;快速移动;空转;
the
[ðə]
art. 指已提到的人（物）;指说话人与听者已知的人（物）;用于独一无二的事物前;与形容词最高级和序数词连用;
clock
[klɑk]
n. 钟，时钟;计时器;秒表;仪表;
vt. 记录（时间或速度）;测…的速度;
vi. 打卡;记下时间;
🗣️ 情景例句
You took the words right out of my mouth.
我的话让你先说出来了。
In good years corn is hay, in ill years straw is corn.
丰年五谷贱如草，荒年稻草贵如粮。
By then, however, in many places the grass had already taken root.
然而到那时，很多地方的草已经生了根。