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单词 gain time
释义

gain time

Obtain extra time to achieve something by deliberate delaying tactics: the government was using the negotiations to gain time...
  • One use for negotiations, of course, would be to gain time to launder your money, burn the files, destroy the evidence etc…
  • The objective is to gain time for markets to recover, if the trustees believe that they will, instead of immediately making irrevocable changes to the fund.
  • Realistically, our mission was to delay their advance and gain time by fighting fiercely, imaginatively, courageously-even to the last man.

Synonyms

play for time, stall, procrastinate, delay, use delaying tactics, temporize, hold back, hang back, hang fire, dally, drag one's feet, use dilatory tactics
informal put something on the back burner
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