timing device

基本解释

What should the timing device be?
這樣的定時設備應該是怎樣的？
The basic problem to solve in inventing an intermittent windshield wiper was the timing device—the thing that sends current to the wiper motor at regular intervals.
間歇式雨刷的基本問題是解決定時裝置——它可以定時將電流送給雨刮器。
That's a brilliant market timing device that-- I think enlightened people thought that those prices were getting high-- and also made some play on credit spreads and now on real estate, he said.
這個決策的市場時機非常正確,有見識的人都覺得,那時網絡股的價格太高了,他們也蓡與了信用利差交易,現在又轉曏了房地産

Doctor Sayre says you do not need a measuring stick or a timing device.
That's a brilliant market timing device that-- I think enlightened people thought that those prices were getting high-- and also made some play on credit spreads and now on real estate, he said.
這個決策的市場時機非常正確,有見識的人都覺得,那時網絡股的價格太高了,他們也蓡與了信用利差交易,現在又轉曏了房地産
耶魯公開課 - 金融市場課程節選

Hawkers of market-timing services claim to have such a device and they will sell you their predictions for a fee.
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The timing means Asus is likely to show off the device at Computex, a Taiwan-based trade show for the computer industry.
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