| 释义 |
Examples:fail to come out on time—show up on time for work—waste time on worthless activities—one cannot concentrate on two things at the same time—lit. paint holding two brushes (idiom); fig. to work on two tasks at the same time—particle signaling a pause, emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?")—have time on one's hands—lit. honing a bull's horn; fig. waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem—life (one's time on earth)—lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom); fig. the passage of time—remuneration based on one's time and skill—lit. penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem—a wrong repeated becomes right (idiom); a lie or an error passed on for a long time may be taken for the truth— |