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词汇 time-warp
释义 time warp
noun[ Cusually singular ]
uk /ˈtaɪm ˌwɔːp/ us /ˈtaɪm ˌwɔːrp/
the idea of a change in the measurement of time, in which people and events from one part of history are imagined as existing in another part(幻想一个历史阶段的人物和事件存在于另一个历史阶段的)时间异常,时间错位
 be/live in a time warpfigurative
to be old-fashioned in your behaviour or opinions: (行为或意见等)老式的,过时的,守旧的
He's living in a time warp - he even wears a suit to work!他好像还生活在过去——居然穿西装去上班。
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Examples of time warp


time warp
A virtual time is introduced so that the time law can be modified through a timewarp, thus satisfying the velocity constraints.
There were 'timewarp' controls to define the readout speeds of the sample during a note hold and after it was released, up to the point of freezing the sound.
I voted against it because, as a colleague of mine said a bit earlier, it is a bit of a timewarp.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
We are committed to protecting the countryside, but the countryside cannot be frozen in a timewarp.
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It sounded as though the needle had been stuck since the 1970s, and as though he was stuck in a timewarp.
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I am acutely aware that we in the highlands and islands cannot live in a timewarp.
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The really disappointing feature of the report is that it is stuck in a timewarp.
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Villages cannot remain in a timewarp or stand still, but where there is to be development, it must be of good quality.
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It is stuck in a sort of rigid timewarp.
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The danger is that the police service will be stranded in a timewarp, designed for a world that no longer exists.
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They are stuck in the attitudinal timewarp of the 1950s and believe that farmers are still feather-bedded.
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There is no point in getting caught in some sort of timewarp from which there is no escape.
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We cannot afford to live in a timewarp.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
His whole speech was built on that basis, and showed that he has for years lived in a timewarp.
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Part of its charm and part of its problem is that it is trapped in a 1930s timewarp.
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