put the clock back

释义

1. 1

   put / turn the clock back

   倒退；复旧；怀旧

   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.我但愿时光能倒退两年，再给我们的婚姻一次机会。

2. 2

   put / turn the clock back贬义

   开倒车

   to return to old - fashioned methods or ideas

   The new censorship law will turn the clock back 50 years.新的审查制度将使社会倒退回 50 年前的状态。

同一词条的短语

• 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