- 看过 in the nick of time 的人也看了 :
- on the dot
- punctual
- sharp
- timely
- well-timed
- eleventh hour
- just in time
- under the wire
in the nick of time 的定义
- Also, just in time. At the last moment, as in The police arrived in the nick of time, or He got there just in time for dinner. The first term began life as in the nick and dates from the 1500s, when nick meant “the critical moment”. The second employs just in the sense of “precisely” or “closely,” a usage applied to time since the 1500s. Also see in time, def. 1.
in the nick of time 近义词
at the last possible moment
in the nick of time 的近义词 4 个
更多in the nick of time例句
- Since the 1950s, fluoride has adapted itself to the prevailing concerns of the time.
- But give the Kingdom credit for its sense of mercy: The lashes will be administered only 50 at a time.
- France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
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- As far as I can tell, this magazine spent as much time making fun of French politicians as it did of Muslims or Islam.
- It ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'
- The vision—it had been an instantaneous flash after all and nothing more—had left his mind completely for the time.
- About this time the famous Philippine painter, Juan Luna (vide p. 195), was released after six monthsʼ imprisonment as a suspect.
- I hate to be long at my toilette at any time; but to delay much in such a matter while travelling is folly.
- Now, it immediately occurred to Davy that he had never in his whole life had all the plums he wanted at any one time.