Gold and silver seem to trade together, tick by tick. It is easy for many people to think they are the same commodity.

金和银的在相互贸易竞争中，许多人很容易认为它们是同一类型的商品。

I watched the minutes agonizingly tick by on a clock on the wall.

我苦闷地盯着墙上的时钟，指针走了一圈又一圈。

I watched the minutes 18)agonizingly tick by on a clock on the wall.

我苦闷地盯着墙上的时钟，指针走了一圈又一圈。

Just ask my parents - they're back home in California watching the scores tick by on the internet.

问问我们老爸老妈就知道了，他们现在正在家里，看网上的分数直播呢。

I think about how slowly the time must tick by before they reach the final moment when they step in front of a panel of 19 distinguished judges.

我猜想他们面对19个优秀的评委，走完决赛之前的每一分钟都应该非常难熬。

Red sits in the dark, a bundle of nerves, trying to hold himself still. He feels like he might scream or shake to pieces. The seconds tick by, each an eternity.

瑞德坐在黑暗中，极度紧张，他在努力的控制自己，生怕自己会尖叫、颤抖起来。时间仿佛停滞，每一秒都那么漫长。