timing device

基本解释

What should the timing device be?
这样的定时设备应该是怎样的？
The basic problem to solve in inventing an intermittent windshield wiper was the timing device—the thing that sends current to the wiper motor at regular intervals.
间歇式雨刷的基本问题是解决定时装置——它可以定时将电流送给雨刮器。
That's a brilliant market timing device that-- I think enlightened people thought that those prices were getting high-- and also made some play on credit spreads and now on real estate, he said.
这个决策的市场时机非常正确,有见识的人都觉得,那时网络股的价格太高了,他们也参与了信用利差交易,现在又转向了房地产

Doctor Sayre says you do not need a measuring stick or a timing device.
That's a brilliant market timing device that-- I think enlightened people thought that those prices were getting high-- and also made some play on credit spreads and now on real estate, he said.
这个决策的市场时机非常正确,有见识的人都觉得,那时网络股的价格太高了,他们也参与了信用利差交易,现在又转向了房地产
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Hawkers of market-timing services claim to have such a device and they will sell you their predictions for a fee.
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The timing means Asus is likely to show off the device at Computex, a Taiwan-based trade show for the computer industry.
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