| 词汇 | stalling-tactic |
| 释义 | stalling tactic noun[ C ] uk /ˈstɔː.lɪŋ ˌtæk.tɪk/ us /ˈstɑː.lɪŋ ˌtæk.tɪk/ something that someone does intentionally in order to delay taking action or prevent someone from doing something for a period of time: 拖延战术 The defence asked for more DNA tests, which the prosecution claimed was just a stalling tactic.辩护方要求做更多的DNA测试，控方称这不过是拖延战术。 Delaying and wasting time ado busywork buy timeidiom carry something over dally gridlock hold up inefficiency inefficiently kept kick push raincheck retard retardation set someone back (something) shelve sit spin stall Examples of stalling tacticstalling tactic Is their proposal a stallingtactic? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This stallingtactic worked; the army stayed at the fort until its demise in 1891, not paying a single penny to legitimate owners. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. On the other hand, tree sitting is often used as a stallingtactic, to prevent the cutting of trees while lawyers fight in the courts to secure the long-term victories. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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