片语

turn back the clock把钟拨慢

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

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

If Turn the Clock Back如果倒流

To Turn Back the Clock时光倒转

turn n the clock back时光倒转

英汉例句

• this is a tale of three money pits. it's also a tale of monetary regress — of the strange determination of many people to turn the clock back on centuries of progress.

  这是三个钱坑的故事，也是货币退化的故事——很多人都有这种奇怪的决心，想把时钟往回拨几个世纪，回到很多进步发生之前。

• to understand how gaia works, turn the clock back to when life was first emerging.

  要理解盖亚是怎样工作的，让我们把始终退到生命刚刚产生的时间。

• my question is: do you sometimes wish you could turn the clock back and play in this wonderful ac milan team?

  我的问题是：你是否有时会希望时间可以倒流，你也可以在这支米兰中效力？

• if the time to turn the clock back 20 years, what would you do?

  如果你可以回到20年前，你会做些什么呢？ 虚拟语气！

• i know that in this world, there is no let turn the clock back to moonlight, promised, only a wish.

  我知道，在这个世界上，没有能让时光倒流的月光宝盒，许下的，只是个心愿。

• we shouldn’t turn the clock back to the pre-psa days.

  我们不该把时钟拨回到psa出现之前的日子。

• those of us who warned over the years that they were playing with fire were sneered at and smeared as right-wing nutters who wanted to turn the clock back to some mythical golden age.

  这些年，我们这些警告他们会玩火自焚的人被不断地嘲笑和抹黑，我们被认为是想将时钟拨回到虚构的「黄金时代」的疯子。