| 单词 | to play for time |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto play for time 2. intransitive. to play for time: to try to gain more time for oneself, esp. to postpone an action or decision. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] > play for time temporize1579 to gain time1720 to play for time1883 stall1903 1883 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 710/2 The leaders who saw what was coming were simply playing for time and waiting until they could get a President in whom they could confide. 1906 R. Kipling Puck of Pook's Hill 212 The habit of playing for time sticks to a man! 1944 ‘G. Graham’ Earth & High Heaven (1945) 134 All she could do was to go on playing for time, trying to keep Marc from finding out what her family really thought of him, until, after a while, they thought a little better. 1992 Independent 30 July 10/7 I um'd and ah'd and played for time. < as lemmas |
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