buy time

基本解释

Commission members are therefore expected to press for tax reform or new revenue sources that might buy time for compromise.
预计“削减赤字委员会”委员将被迫寻求税收改革或新的收入来源，以此争取时间找到折中方案。
Both companies aim to buy time for their weaker customers, on the hope they will still need the planes when economic conditions improve.
两家公司都想为状况不佳的客户争取时间，寄希望于经济好转之后它们仍将需要之前订购的飞机。
Sara realizes that one of the bars she's cuffed to is loose, and to buy time, begins taunting T-Bag, telling him that his medical records at Fox River indicate that he's impotent.
莎拉发现她被铐着的其中一根拉门把是松动的，为了争取时间，他开始奚落西奥多，告诉他说，根据在狐狸河医院的医疗纪录，他是性无能。

A Western diplomat close to the EU meeting in Harare told VOA it is clear that Mr.Mugabe is blocking full compliance with the political agreement in order to buy time to rebuild ZANU-PF, which has been weakened by internal quarrels and a loss of popular support, even in its traditional strongholds.
spent a lot of time and effort kind of figuring out what is it that people will want to buy next week.
他花费了很多的时间和精力来研究,人们想要在下个星期买进什么。
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just exactly a year ago--saying, the best time in at least ten years to buy a house.
在电视上说，一个持续10年的买房子的好时候。
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To buy time, Miller orchestrated a massive restructuring--selling assets, issuing stock and refinancing bank debt.
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