The company managed to beat the clock on delivering its new system.

【beat】公司设法提前发布了其新的系统。

Just like you might be trying to beat the clock, your coworker or your boss might be trying to do the very same thing with different tasks.

就像您可能试图打败时间一样，您的同事或老板也可能试图通过不同的任务做同样的事情。

Some of us are good at it – planning and doing things way ahead of time - while others are always trying to beat the clock and do things at the eleventh hour.

我们中的一些人擅长于此——提前计划和做事——而另一些人则总是试图争分夺秒，在最后一刻做事。