单词 | borrowed time |
释义 | borrowed time bor.rowed time AHD: [b¼r“½d, bôr“-] D.J. [6bKr*&d, 6b%8r-]K.K. [6b$rod, 6b%r-]n.(名词)An uncertain, typically uncontrolled extension of time that is the result of postponing or attempting to postpone the occurrence of something inevitable and often unpleasant. Often used withon : 苟延时间:延长或试图延长不可避免的一般也是不愉快事情发生而带来的不确定的,多为无法控制的时间的延续。常与on 连用: cancer patients living on borrowed time; an unstable government that existed for months on borrowed time.本该死去但仍未死去的癌症病人;苟延残喘地存在几个月的不稳定政府 |
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