counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle)
动词 count down:
count backwards; before detonating a bomb, for example
双语例句
1. Count-down pedestrian signal?
行人倒数计时显示器？
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2. Project and runs which by the count-down result heel-to-toe walking race, calls " Track athletics " .
以时间计算成绩的竞走和跑的项目，叫“径赛”。
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3. This system has traffic light showing function, clock showing function and time count-down showing function.
该系统具有红绿灯显示功能、时钟显示功能及时间倒计时显示功能。
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4. He had yet to speak with Mr. Buffett, who didn't make it to San Francisco for an auction count-down celebration.
他还没有与巴菲特通上话，巴菲特本人也并没有前往旧金山参加拍卖倒计时的庆祝活动。
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5. As long as the operative word is "greed," you can't count on people keeping the costs down.
只要关键词是“贪婪”，你就不能指望人们降低开销。
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6. The whole team count on Cristiano Ronaldo, and he seldom lets them down.
全队都指望C罗，而他也很少让他们失望。
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7. As a rule, people don't enjoy filling out large forms with a lot of input fields, so keep the countdown as much as possible.
一项准则就是，人们不喜欢填写带大量输入字段的大型表单，所以应尽可能减少输入字段的数量。
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8. I watch the clock impatiently waiting for 5 o 'clock.i countdown the days of the week until the weekend.
我烦躁地盯着时钟等着它走到5点，我每天数着日子等着周末来临。
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9. I watch the clock impatiently waiting for 5 o 'clock. I count down the days of the week until the weekend.
我烦躁地盯着时钟等着它走到5点，我每天数着日子等着周末来临。
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10. Last week, it was reset to count down to November 8, not to October 25.
上周，它被重新设定到了11月8日，而不是10月25日。
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11. Parents give their children calendars that count down the days. Every day in December they can open one of the doors and receive either a small candy or a toy.
