抢时间

[qiǎng shí jiān]

• a race against time

例句

1. 我意识到这是在抢时间：如果到达英国时我能使这孤独的标本不死去的话，那么我敢肯定能找到它会吃的东西。
   It was now, I realized, a fight against time: if I could keep this solitary specimen alive until I reached England, I felt sure that I could find something it would eat.