"turn back the clock" in Chinese (Simplified)
倒回时间回到过去
Definition
想象回到过去,通常是想取消某些变化或重新经历以前的时光。用来表达不能真的改变的事情。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
是比喻用法,并非真正指调时间。多用于表达遗憾或怀旧。常见表达有“无法倒回时间”“如果能回到过去就好了”。与“回到过去”有时可互换但不总是如此。
Examples
We can't turn back the clock and change what happened.
我们无法**倒回时间**改变已经发生的事。
Sometimes I wish I could turn back the clock to when I was a child.
有时候我真希望能**回到过去**,回到童年时。
No one can turn back the clock, so we must move forward.
没有人能**倒回时间**,所以我们要向前看。
If I could turn back the clock, I'd make a very different choice.
如果我能**倒回时间**,我会做出完全不同的决定。
You can't just turn back the clock every time you make a mistake.
你不能每次犯错就**回到过去**。
Sometimes it feels like everyone wants to turn back the clock, but we have to accept change.
有时候感觉大家都想**倒回时间**,但我们必须接受变化。