waiting game

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈweɪ.tɪŋ ˌɡeɪm]
• 美式音标 [ˈweɪ.t̬ɪŋ ˌɡeɪm]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• 伺机而动的策略

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• This is when the candidate's waiting game begins.
  此时，候选对象的等待游戏才真正开始。
• America, though prickly about the dealmaking at first, has played a patient waiting game that has worked well.
  尽管美国感觉这个“纸牌游戏”很棘手，还是尽量做一个耐心的观众等待事情处理好。
• Last year, early signs of a strong recovery fizzled amid external shocks, and a long waiting game ensued as writers watched for hints of a Fed response while the economy slowly deteriorated.
  去年，经济复苏的早期征兆随着外来因素的冲击而萎缩，评论家们在经济状况缓慢恶化等待美联储有所反应的迹象过程中，一种伺机而动的策略问世了。

权威例句

• Now comes the waiting game to see who can hold out longer for the best terms.
  FORBES: Companies, People, Ideas
• However, as federal dollars go, a waiting game can have serious consequences for the economy.
  FORBES: As We Creep Closer To The Debt Ceiling Limit, Is Your Tax Refund At Risk?
• There is no leadership in this position, just a waiting game while debt problems get worse.
  FORBES: Greece and Spain's Debt Death-Spiral Is a Lethal Game of Peek-a-Boo

词组短语

短语

• Waiting for game 等待的游戏;正在翻译
• A Waiting Game 等待游戏
• The Waiting Game 伺机而动的策略;等待的游戏;唱片名
• Play a waiting game 伺机而动;伺机下手
• Playing the waiting game 在绝佳的时机游戏

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• a situation in which you delay taking any action, so that you can watch how a situation develops and see what it is best for you to do

柯林斯英英字典

• 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.