英语词汇“to buy time”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P6. to buy time: to delay an action, event, etc., in order to allow more time for preparation; to take a course of action which will allow more time to do something else.

1832 Observer 31 Dec. The contest now, therefore, is purely one of time and resources, that is, of money to buy time.

1876 Gen. Rep. Admin. Bombay Presidency 1874–75 p. xxxi A discontent which is chiefly caused by their first being terrified into signing bonds far in excess of what they owe in order to buy time.

1957 Times 11 May 6/3 The preservation of Jordan last month has bought time, and may have shifted the formal power of alignments of the Middle East.

2020 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 25 Apr. 21 All he could offer was an oestrogen-suppressant drug that would slow the growth of the tumours and buy some time.

单词	to buy time
释义	> as lemmas to buy time P6. to buy time: to delay an action, event, etc., in order to allow more time for preparation; to take a course of action which will allow more time to do something else. Π 1832 Observer 31 Dec. The contest now, therefore, is purely one of time and resources, that is, of money to buy time. 1876 Gen. Rep. Admin. Bombay Presidency 1874–75 p. xxxi A discontent which is chiefly caused by their first being terrified into signing bonds far in excess of what they owe in order to buy time. 1957 Times 11 May 6/3 The preservation of Jordan last month has bought time, and may have shifted the formal power of alignments of the Middle East. 2020 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 25 Apr. 21 All he could offer was an oestrogen-suppressant drug that would slow the growth of the tumours and buy some time. extracted from buyv. < as lemmas
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