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[TOP]waiting game 'waiting game noun [sing.] a policy of waiting to see how a situation develops before you decide how to act 伺机而动的策略 [TOP]waiting game noun only singular » when you delay taking any action, so that you can watch how a situation develops and see what it is best for you to do 伺机而动的策略 In a contest like this, the stronger side can afford to play a waiting game. 在这种比赛中，实力较强的一方才可以采取伺机而动的策略。 [TOP]waiting game
1.N-COUNT 可数名词 拖延战术 If you play a waiting game, you deal with a situation by deliberately doing nothing, because you believe you will gain an advantage by acting later, or because you are waiting to see how other people are going to act.
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He's playing a waiting-game. He'll hope to hang on as long as possible until the pressure is off. 他玩的是拖延战术。他希望尽可能地拖，直到压力消除为止。