The clock starts running on a patent when it is filed, so the longer something can be kept under wraps before that happens, the better for the bottom line.

当一项专利提交时，时钟就开始马不停蹄地绕着它转，所以一些事情在出事前保密得越久，那么对净利润就越有利。

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Charging towards the finish line, Bolt has his eye on the clock all the way and once again celebrates his triumph in style — this time, after he completed his run.

冲刺的时候，博尔特一直盯着计时器，然后又一次以他独特的方式庆祝这一胜利——不过这次是在他跑完全程之后。

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Especially in the bus design on the backplane, we should pay more attention to the distribution, interconnection of the clock, data line.

背板上的总线时钟和数据线的分布，互连设计显得尤为重要。

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She proposed a round-the-clock cyber-crime network, along with the regional computer forensic labs and a secure on-line clearinghouse for law enforcement to share information about cyber-cases.

CNN: Government sees cyber-attacks as disruption of commerce