borrowed time

短语

超过预订的时间

发音

AU

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A period of time whose precise duration is not known but which can be expected to be quite limited, and at the end of which one's situation, benefits, or opportunities will be entirely terminated.

    习语 不可数

    to live on borrowed time

  2. 2.

    A length of time whose duration has traditionally expired, but which continues nonetheless.

    不可数

    Having survived when many others died, she decided to make good use of her borrowed time.