计时

• 拼音: jì shí
• 汉字拆解: 计 = 讠+ 十 (to count/measure); 时 = 日 + 寸 (sun + inch — time)

含义

To time; to keep time. Refers to measuring or recording elapsed time, whether for sporting events, work, or processes.

Used in sports (timing races), labour (hourly wages — 计时工资), and technology (timers). 计时工 refers to an hourly worker.

例句

1. 裁判员按下秒表，开始为运动员的百米冲刺计时。
2. 这家工厂采用计时制度，工人按实际工时领取报酬。
3. 实验室使用高精度仪器对反应过程进行计时记录。

用法指南

语境: sports, labour, technology

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 国际田径联合会对竞速项目实施全自动计时系统，以确保成绩记录达到千分之一秒级别的精确度，从而消除人工操作带来的系统误差。(World Athletics implements a fully automated timing system for speed events to ensure that performance records attain a precision level of one-thousandth of a second, thereby eliminating systematic errors introduced by manual operation.)
• 平台经济催生了大量计时制灵活就业岗位，但由于工时难以核实，劳动者的合法权益保护面临较大挑战。(The platform economy has given rise to a large number of flexible employment positions based on hourly payment, yet because working hours are difficult to verify, protecting the legitimate rights and interests of workers faces considerable challenges.)

错误说法

• 计时 vs 定时 — 计时 means to measure/record elapsed time; 定时 means to set a timer for a specific future moment; do not conflate the two

起源与历史

计 (count/measure) + 时 (time)

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal