a time bender 踩着点到的人
Well, it sounds like you might be a time bender.好吧,听起来,你好像是个踩着点到的人。
arrive last at any meeting or class 在开会或者上课时最后一个到
They are the people who arrive last at any meeting or class, or the mums whose children have to run into school at the last minute.
这些人总是在开会或者上课时最后一个到,或者一些妈妈的孩子必须在最后一分钟跑进学校。
have a strange resistance to being early 对早到有一种奇怪的抵抗力They're the people who don't want to be late but they have a strange resistance to being early and they don't allow enough time.这些人不想迟到,但是对早到有一种奇怪的抵抗力,他们留的时间不够。
fight against or are opposed to 内心斗争或反对You have a resistance to - you fight against or are opposed to - being on time.你对准时有抵抗,即内心斗争或反对。
a fixed time when something must be completed by 某件事必须完成的那个固定时间Well,it's about deadlines - you know, a fixed time when something must be completed by.好吧,这和最后期限有关,就是,某件事必须完成的那个固定时间。
be not worth getting too stressed不太有必要那么紧张If a deadline really matters, I'll make it, but for less important things, it's not worth getting too stressed.如果最后期限真的很重要的话,我一定准时,不过,对于没那么重要的事,就不太有必要那么紧张。
arrive early早到Umm if you say so, being late makes me anxious, which is why I always arrive early. 如果你这么说的话,迟到会让我焦虑,这就是我经常早到的原因。
timekeeping (尤指上班的)准时,守时But therapist Philippa Perry might be able to explain your more relaxed attitude to timekeeping.不过,治疗专家菲利帕·佩里或许可以解释你那种对守时比较放松的态度。
be conspicuous /kənˈspɪkjuəs/ 引人注目的Underlying it all, there is this fear of being early, and the fear could be a fear of being conspicuous, a fear of standing out in a strange place, having no one to talk to, feeling a bit alone and awkward, 有害怕早到的这种心理,存在一些原因,害怕早到可能是害怕引人注意,即害怕在陌生的地方凸显出来,没有人说话,感觉有些孤单、尴尬.
do everything they've packed in 把堆积的所有事情做完The other reason people are always late is… that all the traffic lights will be green, and they generally sort of stretch the time somehow in their minds and just think there's time to do absolutely everything they've packed in. 人们总是迟到的原因还有…所有的交通灯都会是绿色,他们不知道怎么的,心里会把时间延长,只是觉得他们一定还有时间把堆积的所有事情做完。
is to do with social awkwardness 和社交无能有关So, she thinks being late is to do with social awkwardness - if you arrive too soon you feel awkward - that's uncomfortable or nervous, waiting for others to arrive.所以,她认为迟到和社交无能有关,如果你到的太早的话,就会在等别人的时候感到很尴尬,即感到不舒服或者紧张。
stand out in a crowd人群中很突出There's also the fear of being conspicuous - easily noticed or standing out in a crowd. 还因为害怕引人注目, 即在人群中很容易被注意到或者很突出。