clockwork的意思|示意

美 / ˈklɒkwɜ:k / 英 / ˈklɑkwɜrk /

n. 发条装置;钟表装置

adj. 装有发条的;重复的;可预测的;平稳的,有规律的


clockwork的用法详解

Clockwork作为一个英语单词,它的意思上是指一种机械装置,如一个精确的钟,它可以在接受一定的能量之后精确的完成一系列的动作操作,并不需要人的干预。

在日常使用上,clockwork常常用作一个比喻,形容一个机械的,精确的行动或者系统运行,这种比喻的意思就是一切规律的,有序的,精确的。如:

1. The new computer system runs like clockwork. 新的电脑系统运行得像钟表一般精确。

2. The factory runs like clockwork. 这家工厂运行得一切正常。

3. Government bureaucracy works like clockwork. 政府行政机关运行得像运行得一个机器一样正常。

总之,clockwork可以用来形容让一件事情运行得有条不紊,精确无误。

clockwork相关短语

1、 like clockwork 顺利地;极有规律性和准确性地

clockwork相关例句

He was as regular as clockwork.

那人每天也真够准时的.

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Mainly clockwork. The electrically operated are in the next section.

主要是“发条装置”,电动操作的在下一个部分.

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All clockwork, but some of them are quite ingenious.

全部是依靠机械力, 但有些是很有创意的.

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He is home by six every day regular as clockwork.

他每天六点回家,非常准时。

《牛津词典》

Darkness is as essential to our biological welfare, to our internal clockwork, as light itself.

但是,与其它生物相同的是, 我们同样需要黑暗.

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clockwork toys (= toys that you wind up with a key)

有齿轮发条装置的玩具

牛津词典

The boss is as regular as clockwork in his business.

老板做生意极守规律.

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The president's trip is arranged to go like clockwork, everything pre-planned to the minute.

总统的行程安排得极其周密,每一件事情都事先安排到了分钟。

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