turn back the clock

基本解释

One of the few options that could turn back the clock and reduce carbon levels in the atmosphere.
这个方案是少数几个能使时光倒流，减少大气中二氧化碳水平的方案之一。
And in a survey to mark the start of Diabetes Week, thousands of people said they wish they could turn back the clock.
在为纪念“糖尿病周”的发起而开展的一项调查中，成千上万的人说他们希望时光能够倒转。
In trying to turn back the clock the European Commission has been guided by a simple demand that banks shrink their balance-sheets, without worrying about how they do it.
欧洲委员会为了扭转局面，对各个银行仅有一个简单的要求，即缩小资产负债表，但银行具体怎样做就不在它的关注之列了。

Indeed, he said in his various pronouncements written for him by someone else that he didn't want to be a king of the old regime, he did not want to turn the clock back to 1788, and that you could combine a modernity with monarchy.
在一篇由人代笔的自我声明中,他表示并不想成为旧有政体的国王,他不想把时间倒退回1788年,完全可以把君主制和现代化结合
耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

You can choose to turn back the clock 50 years on women and immigrants and gays.
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Turn back the clock 30 year, and less than 20% of births occurred outside marriage.
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Allow me to turn back the clock to three decades ago, when I received a surprising call.
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