Time & Scheduling

Phrasal verbs for managing time

简介

时间管理是一场永恒的斗争，我们的语言也反映了这一点。我们"put off（拖延）"不想做的事，做想做的事时间又"run out（用完）"了，还总想"catch up（赶上）"落下的进度。

这一章探索和时间相关的短语动词：时间安排、延迟、截止日期，以及人类和时钟之间的永恒博弈。

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本章全部短语动词（62）

• run out of To have no more of something
• hold up To delay or cause a delay
• catch up To reach the same level or meet with someone
• bring forward To reschedule to an earlier time
• drag on To continue for too long
• hurry up To do something faster
• run late To be behind schedule
• keep up To maintain the same pace or level
• go ahead To proceed; permission to start
• carry on To continue doing something
• press on To continue despite difficulties
• draw out To make something last longer than necessary
• fit in To find time for something; to belong socially
• get around to To finally find time to do something
• push back To delay to a later time; to resist
• while away To pass time in a leisurely way
• hold on To wait; to grip tightly
• set aside To reserve time for something
• string out To make something last longer than necessary
• drag out To make something last too long
• run on To continue longer than expected
• hold off To delay doing something
• put back To reschedule to a later time
• move up To reschedule to an earlier time
• run over To continue past the allotted time
• get behind To fall behind or support
• spin out To extend unnecessarily
• stretch out To extend in time or space
• wait up To stay awake waiting or to slow down
• wait around To stay in a place waiting
• stick around To stay in a place
• go by To elapse or pass
• fly by To pass very quickly
• slip by To pass unnoticed
• tick by To pass slowly (time)
• tick away To pass steadily (time)
• fritter away To waste time or money on trivial things
• idle away To spend time doing nothing
• kill time To do something to pass time
• run short To begin to have insufficient supply
• run low To have less than needed
• squeeze in To fit into a tight schedule
• slot in To fit into an available space or time
• get on with To continue doing or have a good relationship
• count down To count backwards to zero
• lead up to To precede and prepare for
• build up to To gradually prepare for something
• work up to To prepare gradually for something difficult
• gear up To prepare for something
• ramp up To increase or intensify
• scale back To reduce the scope or size
• draw near To approach in time
• close in To approach or surround
• creep up To approach gradually without notice
• sneak up To approach quietly without being noticed
• come around To recur or happen again
• roll around To arrive (of regular time)
• crop up To appear unexpectedly
• turn up To arrive or be found
• show up To arrive or appear
• draw to a close To be about to end
• whittle away To gradually reduce or spend time