put the clock back

釋義

1. 1

   put / turn the clock back

   倒退；復舊；懷舊

   to return to a situation that existed in the past; to remember a past age

   I wish we could turn the clock back two years and give the marriage another chance.我但願時光能倒退兩年，再給我們的婚姻一次機會。

2. 2

   put / turn the clock back貶義

   開倒車

   to return to old - fashioned methods or ideas

   The new censorship law will turn the clock back 50 years.新的審查制度將使社會倒退回 50 年前的狀態。

同一詞條的短語

• against the clock
• around the clock
• put the clocks forward
• run down the clock
• the clocks go forward
• beat the clock
• a race against time clock
• stop the clock
• watch the clock
• clock in
• clock out
• clock up