英语释义

1. to go in the reverse direction

2. to stop going forward

3. to refer to an earlier time or place

4. to drive back or away

5. to stop the advance of

6. to fold back

7. give back, return

8. to revert to or remind of a condition existing in the past

片语

If Turn the Clock Back如果倒流

turn n the clock back时光倒转

put the clock back把钟拨慢；回到过去；开倒车；守旧规（等于put back the clock）

retrogress turn the clock back比喻违反事物发展的方向

turn the clock back时光倒转；回到过去；把钟拨慢

To Turn Back the Clock时光倒转

英汉例句

• there are some who believe that we must try to turn back the clock on this new world;

  有人认为我们必须设法放慢新世界的脚步；

• you can「t just turn back the clock and make a big change overnight.

  并不是像将时钟往后拨一个小时那么简单。改变可不是一夜之间就能完成的。

• the good news, doctors say, is that by taking steps to reduce risk factors and the damage they inflict on arteries, it is possible to turn back the clock on vascular age.

  医生们说，好消息就是通过一步一步的减少这些风险因子及其对动脉的影响，动脉年龄可能会被扭转。

• but the way for us to remain the greatest country on earth isn」t to turn back the clock and put the special interests in charge.

  但让我们保持成为全球最伟大国家的途径不是回到过去和让特殊利益集团掌权。

• but the way for us to remain the greatest country on earth isn’t to turn back the clock and put the special interests in charge.

  但是，对于我们来说，要保持作为世界上最伟大国家的方法不是让错误重演，不是让特殊利益集团掌权。

• thermage is an easy way to turn back the clock on aging skin—on all skin colors, on and off the face.

  随着我们可以轻松地回头皮肤老化的时钟，在所有的皮肤颜色，上下车的面孔。

• we'll never turn back the clock to keep families from scattering.

  我们不可能使已经分散的家庭重新团聚起来。

• some of its policies seem to turn back the clock on earlier reforms, dilute the dpj’s campaign pledges or require especially forceful resolve to take on powerful, entrenched interests.

  因为民主党的一些政策看来好像驶离早些时候的改革方向，淡化其竞选誓言，或者要求特别强势的方式来解决一些不易改变的利害。

• in trying to turn back the clock the european commission has been guided by a simple demand that banks shrink their balance-sheets, without worrying about how they do it.

  欧洲委员会为了扭转局面，对各个银行仅有一个简单的要求，即缩小资产负债表，但银行具体怎样做就不在它的关注之列了。

• see if you have what it takes to turn back the clock and rock the less-is-more trend.

  看下你需要什么东西来过先前那样的生活并造成更大的声势。

相似词

beat off击退；打退

rebut驳回；提出反证

repel击退；抵制；使厌恶；使不愉快

repulse拒绝；击退

stave off避开；延缓

turn away避开；解雇；不準…入内；走开；转过脸