play for time

短语

为争取时间而拖延

发音

AU

词形变化

played for time playing for time plays for time 三单 plays for time playing for time 现在分词 played for time 过去式 played for time 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To delay a situation until one is prepared.

    习语

    Two cheers for that, at best. The original six party talks ran, or rather crawled, from 2003 to 2008. It remains unclear if North Korea was ever serious – or just playing for time while working on HEU.