against time

释义

1. 争分夺秒；抢时间

   if you do sth against time, you do it as fast as you can because you do not have much time

   They're working against time to try and get people out of the rubble alive.他们正在争分夺秒，设法把人们从瓦砾中活着救出来。

电影里这样说 · 5 部

• He raced against time, he raced against joy.The Grinch2018
• Ayrton Senna is in a race against time.Senna2010
• lt's a race against time until splashdown....Apollo 131995
• With such a force arrayed against us, it's time to discuss other options.Braveheart1995
• All we're dealing with here is 10 minutes of talk-show time against a man's life...The King of Comedy1982

在完整场景里学

• 喜剧之王1982
  • 钻上车推销自己：big break（出头成名的机会）
  • 毛遂自荐求上节目：start at the bottom（从最底层做起）
  • 求人接手节目六周：take over（接手）

同一词条的短语

• about time
• ahead of time
• ahead of your time
• all the time
• at all times
• at the best of times
• at the same time
• at a time
• at my, your, his, time of life
• at times
• before my, your, his, time
• behind the times