| 单词 | according to, before, behind, on, etc, schedule |
| 释义 | > as lemmasaccording to, before, behind, on, etc., schedule (time) a. A time-table. Originally U.S. (but cf. schedule v.). Also transferred and in extended sense, a programme or plan of events, operations, etc. Frequently in phrases according to, before, behind, on, etc., schedule (time).In the sense ‘a printed time-table of arrivals and departures of trains, buses, aeroplanes, etc.’, the use remains chiefly North American. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > calendar > [noun] > timetable or schedule timesc1410 time bill1810 train indicator1849 time sheet1850 horary1851 timetable1856 schedule1863 horarium1921 sked1929 time frame1946 timeline1948 1863 O. W. Norton Army Lett. (1903) 282 That is all that ever caused the name to be printed on anything but time~tables and schedules of a one-horse railroad. 1866 C. H. Smith Bill Arp, so Called 21 We tried our durndest to comply with your schedule. 1873 E. E. Hale In his Name vi. 47 Halting was not in John of Lugio's schedule for that afternoon. 1881 A. A. Hayes New Colorado vii. 94 As he [sc. the engineer] rounded the curves in about half of schedule time. 1883 C. D. Warner Roundabout Journey 2 We travel fast and we reach places at the time named on the schedule. 1884 J. G. Bourke Snake Dance Moquis i. 6 There was no probability of trains running on schedule time for several days. 1891 Scribner's Mag. Sept. 270/1 A steamer to-day leaves her wharf at the moment of time set forth in her schedule. 1901 O. Wister in Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Aug. 193 As a delayed train makes the last few miles high above schedule speed. 1902 Munsey's Mag. 26 606/2 A regular train schedule was established between Caloocan and Manila. 1904 Newark Evening News 13 June 6 It is on the schedule for the new Equal Taxation Commission to organize to-morrow. 1904 W. H. Smith Promoters vii. 123 Such things don't move on schedule time. 1906 ‘O. Henry’ Rolling Stones (1912) 22 Tuesday, the day set for the revolution, came around according to schedule. 1909 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 19 Aug. 10 The train was running exactly on schedule when the party left it. 1911 C. E. Persons et al. Labor Laws 109 Most important of these enforced concessions was the temporary reduction to a ten-hour [factory] schedule at Fall River. 1927 Daily Tel. 1 Mar. 6/4 The material must be finished on time, routed on schedule, and delivered at exactly the psychological moment. 1931 Statesman (Calcutta) 5 Dec. Throughout the flight, which was soon ahead of schedule time. 1961 Lancet 29 July 230/1 In investigations into new treatment schedules, close co-operation between the clinician and the laboratory is essential. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 35/9 The standing in the Metro Junior B Hockey League is beginning to appear like a jig-saw puzzle as the schedule enters its final week. 1975 M. Russell Murder by Mile ix. 93 How far behind schedule are you now? 1977 I. Shaw Beggarman, Thief ii. i. 119 He looked up the schedule of the planes flying out of Brussels to New York. 1980 Nature 24 Apr. 654/1 Preparations for the launch, begun on 2 April, are going ahead on schedule following the arrival of the Lo2 launcher at Kourou. < as lemmas |
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