shock的用法与短语（别在用closethe）
shock的用法与短语（别在用closethe）他们都愿意没日没夜地工作，愿意睡在办公室里，还愿意为公司的战略和技术决定相互争吵。They were willing to work around the clock sleep in the office and battle each other over strategy and technical decisions.around 是围绕的意思，clock 是钟表，围绕着钟表不停转，就是 all day and all night without stopping，around the clock 中文意思就是“全天候” “夜以继日地” “昼夜不停地” “不眠不休地”。More than 500 firefighters were working around the clock to contain the blaze.500多名消防队员日以继夜的工作来控制火势。
早上没有闹钟的日子真的是惬意啊！
清晨最常做的动作之一就是“关闹钟”，但你知道“关闹钟”的英文该如何表达吗？它可不是直译的 "close the clock" 哦，因为 "close" 一般是指“关闭（门，窗）”之类的事物， 用于关闹钟不太合适。
今天我们就来学习一下有关clock的表达。
around the clock
around 是围绕的意思，clock 是钟表，围绕着钟表不停转，就是 all day and all night without stopping，around the clock 中文意思就是“全天候” “夜以继日地” “昼夜不停地” “不眠不休地”。
More than 500 firefighters were working around the clock to contain the blaze.
500多名消防队员日以继夜的工作来控制火势。
They were willing to work around the clock sleep in the office and battle each other over strategy and technical decisions.
他们都愿意没日没夜地工作，愿意睡在办公室里，还愿意为公司的战略和技术决定相互争吵。
They are studying around the clock when they are preparing for the final exam.
他们在准备期末考试的时候，夜以继日地学习。
Some stores stay open around the clock while others do business for only a few hours a day.
有些商店昼夜营业，有些每天只开门营业几个小时。
She's working around the clock to meet the deadline.
为了在截止日期前做完，她在一刻不停的工作。
against the clock
against the clock 意思是争分夺秒、尽可能快，常和 work 和 race 搭配。
work against the clock 除了表示争分夺秒，还可以表示提前完成工作。
We are working against the clock to finish the report by Wednesday.
我们正在抢时间要在星期三之前完成这一报告。
而 race against the clock 中的 race 既可以是动词，也可以是名词，意思是与时间赛跑、争分夺秒。
They started a race against the clock to finish the interior of the new store that was scheduled to open in a month.
内部装修原计划一个月后开张的商店，在他们争分夺秒地努力下提前开业。
You will have to race against the clock if you want to get ready for the contract by next Tuesday.
如果你们想在下星期二前做好签订合同的准备，你们就不得不与时间赛跑。
turn back the clock
turn back the clock 直译就是把钟表的指针往回拨，从字面意思可以引申出两种含义。
第一种是回忆过去发生的事情，意思是让时光倒流、倒转，常常带有怀旧惋惜的情感。turn back the clock 后面加上时间点或时间段的词语，可以表示希望回到某一个特定时间。
另一种就是类似于中文里的“开倒车”，可以解释为阻碍进步、复古，形容不顺应历史潮流的观点或做法，有批判的感情色彩。
I wish I could turn back the clock 30 years and be young again.
我真希望时光倒流三十年，让我重返青春。
"I don't think you can completely turn back the clock " he said.
他说：“我不认为你可以完全回到过去。”
It's a pity that I can't turn back the clock I can't choose these for the second time.
遗憾的是我不能使时光倒流，我没办法做第二次选择。
ditch the alarm clock
关闹钟大家经常会用 close the clock，但是这其实是错的。正确的表达是 turn off the alarm clock。
关闹钟也可以用 ditch the alarm clock 表示，ditch 是丢弃、摆脱、抛弃的意思，这个短语表达了被闹钟吵醒，恨不得把闹钟扔了砸了的心情，是不是很形象呢！
She ditches the alarm clock and then goes back to sleep.
她关掉闹钟，又继续睡觉。
beat the clock
beat the clock 可不是被吵醒了，在打闹钟哦！实际上是指提前完成任务、抢时间。
Sam beat the clock arriving a few minutes before the doors were locked.
Sam提前到了，在门关上前的几分钟。
The work went well and we beat the clock finishing nearly two hours before the deadline.
工作进行得很顺利，我们比最后期限提前了将近两个小时完成了任务。
kill the clock
实际意思是拖延战术，是一个美式短语。是指在比赛或游戏中，一方抓住机会消耗掉剩余比赛时间，确保对手不得分。也可以用 run out the clock表示。
Our team was two points ahead with only three minutes to go. We tried to kill the clock but we fumbled the ball. And the other team got lucky; They kicked a field goal and won by one point.
在比赛只剩三分钟时间的时候我们球队领先两分。我们试图采取拖延战术，但是不幸失球。对方球队可交了好运；他们一脚踢进定位球得分，结果领先一分赢得胜利。
这里的 kill the clock 是指在球赛将结束时领先球队采取拖延战术以保住胜利。
There's a lot of game time left for them to start killing the clock.
游戏时间还剩很多，足够他们开始拖延战术。
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