1. Kill the clock -- 体育术语:指比赛结束时控球方通过拖延战术耗尽剩余时间(篮球/橄榄球中常见) • 例:The team killed the clock with a series of short passes.(球队通过连续短传耗尽比赛时间) -- 商业场景:可引申为"刻意拖延流程" • 例:The contractor is killing the clock on this ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)
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【kill the clock】 —(Sport) keep the ball away from the opposing team at the end of a game so that they cannot score:
The Warthogs kept passing the ball back and forth among them so as to 【kill the clock】 .
【kill time】 —do smth. which is not very interesting while one is waiting for time to pass:
We then went over to the record shop just to 【kill time】 .