countdown
n ~ (to sth)
(a) [C] counting seconds backwards to zero before firing a rocket, etc 倒数秒.
(b) [sing] (fig 比喻) period immediately before sth important happens 大事临近的时期
the countdown to the local election 地方选举日益临近的时候.
🗣️ 情景例句
The advanced class is nonstop.
高级课程, 是没有休息的。
Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man.
唯利是图者,胸中无美德。
The sides of the dish were so smooth that it was almost impossible to attach hawsers and chains to the rim without damaging it.