Timing

选择那个时间作决定，完全出人意料。

timing n [U] (a) determining or regulating the time when an action or event occurs 定时; 调整时间 [attrib 作定语] a `timing device 定时装置 The timing of the announcement was rather unexpected. 选择那个时间公布, 真出人意料. valve timing, ie the time at which valves in a motor engine open and close 阀定时. (b) skill in this, as a way of achieving the desired result 时间的选择; 时机的掌握 He's not playing his shots well his timing is faulty. 他没打好--时间掌握不当. A good actor must learn the art of timing, ie when to deliver a line most effectively. 要想当个好演员就要学会掌握道白的时间分寸.

*['taimiŋ]n. 时间选择, 时间测定, 定时, 调速【计】 定时器时钟【化】 定时; 同步