迷你对话学地道口语第729期:拖延时间
时间：2019-02-22 作者：英语课 分类：迷你对话学地道口语
英语课
Subject: I think we should try to buy more time.
迷你对话A: The singer Bush hasn’t appeared yet. But it’s her turn now.
歌手bush现在还没出现，现在已经轮到他了。
B: Don’t worry. I think we should try to buy more time.
别担心，我想我们应该设法拖延时间。
地道表达buy time1. 解词释义Buy time字面意思是“购买时间”，比喻为“拖延时间”。其英文解释为：to postpone 1 an event hoping that the situation will improve。
2. 拓展例句e.g. She tried to buy time by doing a lot of talk.
她企图以滔滔不绝的谈话来拖延时间。
e.g. The union leader is trying to buy time by prolonging the negotiation 2.
工会的领袖企图以延长谈判过程来拖延时间。
e.g. Maybe I can buy some time by asking the judge for a continuance.
也许我可以叫法官休庭一会儿来拖延时间。
Ps ：表示“轮到某人做某事了”，可以这样说：It is one’s turn to do something.例如：
Is it your turn to serve the ball? 该你发球了吗?
v.延期，推迟
- I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。
- She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。
n.谈判，协商
- They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
- The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。
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