ticking [ˈtɪkɪŋ]

例句:

• It keeps you ticking over, stops you being complacent.
  这使你进展缓慢，得意不起来。
  
• The interviewer begins ticking off quibbles one by one.
  来自WSJ
• My Timex takes a licking but keeps on ticking.
  来自WSJ
• Very slowly he moved forward, the engine ticking over.
  他慢慢往前开，发动机低速运转。
  
• I just think it's rude and it's ticking me off.
  我就是觉得这样太粗鲁，叫我很生气。
  
• I'm ticking excellent' for the on-board service.
  来自THETIMES