relay race

基本解釋

Lay a layer of clay on the displayed layout before the relay race.
接力賽之前在展示的陳設上鋪一層黏土.
Critics of the Lasker citation emphasize that development of the artemisinin-based combination therapy used today resulted from a scientific relay race that went through many stages.
拉斯克獎的批評者強調(diào)，如今使用的基于青蒿素的組合療法是一個科學接力賽的產(chǎn)物，經(jīng)過了許多階段。
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One analogy for this relationship is that of a relay race, where the first runner represents requirements management and the next runner, receiving a baton hand off, represents test management.
這種關系類似于一場接力賽，第一個跑的人代表著需求管理，下一個接受接力棒的人代表測試管理。

Like three legs of a relay race, Goldberg passes along the baton of fertility (aka: the vials of sperm) to Jones, who meets a man, falls in love, gets pregnant.
FORBES: Reading: Three Wishes by Carey Goldberg, Beth Jones and Pamela Ferdinand