Shortly after receiving that speeding ticket, I hit the brakes (pun intended).

不久警察递给了超速罚单，我就狠狠地踩了一下刹车(此处有双关语意)。

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When You Are Behind - You may need to hit the brakes in order to move forward again.

当你的进度落下时——为了能再次向前冲，你可能需要休整一下了。

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“I decline to answer that, sir, since I hit the brakes as soon as I saw you, ” I answered.

我没法回答你这个问题，警官先生。 当我看见你的车时，我就踩了刹车。

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People are woefully inept at knowing when to hit the brakes with food.

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Lengthening yellow-light intervals, for example, gives motorists more time to hit the brakes.

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But when Pic hit the brakes a fraction too early, he opened the door for Vitaly Petrov to move past.

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