timing
n [U]
(a) determining or regulating the time when an action or event occurs 定时; 调整时间
[attrib 作定语]
a `timing device 定时装置
The timing of the announcement was rather unexpected. 选择那个时间公布, 真出人意料.
valve timing, ie the time at which valves in a motor engine open and close 阀定时.
(b) skill in this, as a way of achieving the desired result 时间的选择; 时机的掌握
He's not playing his shots well his timing is faulty. 他没打好--时间掌握不当.
A good actor must learn the art of timing, ie when to deliver a line most effectively. 要想当个好演员就要学会掌握道白的时间分寸.
We want to give some money to this project so that the number of this deer in China can be increased.
我们想在这个项目上花些钱,以便使这些麋鹿的数量在中国得到增加。
On our way home that night I looked down and saw that the necklace was not around my neck any more. I told Pierre. We rushed back to the palace and looked for it.We asked everyone there if they had found a necklace, but without luck. We couldn't find it;