"keep time" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 保持節奏
• 掌握時間

Definition

通常指在音樂中保持穩定的節奏；也指準確地計量或顯示時間的流逝，比如鐘錶的作用。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

常在音樂或舞蹈中用來表示跟上節奏（如“keep time with the music”）；指鐘錶時，表示走時準確。偶爾可表示守時，但不常見。

Examples

He can keep time when playing the drums.

他打鼓時能**保持節奏**。

This old clock doesn't keep time anymore.

這個老鐘已經不能**掌握時間**了。

Try to keep time with the music.

試著和音樂**保持節奏**。

Everyone was clapping but only a few could really keep time.

大家都在鼓掌，但只有少數人真的能**保持節奏**。

I can never keep time when I dance, no matter how hard I try.

無論怎麼努力，我跳舞時都**保持不了節奏**。

That watch looks nice, but does it actually keep time?

那塊錶看起來很好看，但它真的**準時**嗎？