lost time造句怎么写

It worked by friction, as the teeth of the gears slid over the pallet; but this arrangement needed lubrication, and as the oil degraded the watch lost time.

And now the engineer pulled out the throttle-valve to make up for lost time, and the clatter of the train faded into a distant roar, and its lights began to twinkle into indistinctness.

ITALIAN bankers have been doing deals with uncharacteristic allegria during the past year, making up for lost time.

He'll catch up on lost time by working harder.

"Wherever I go here, the impression is of a people intent on making up for lost time, and determined never again to be dragged down by extremism," I wrote.