bide time

基本解释

One year, the losing side managed to drop the ball in a well to bide time.
有一年，失敗方曾設法把球投到一口井裡來拖延時間。
Post a visible reminder that this job is only temporary. When I once worked in a job I hated, I helped bide my time by hanging a reminder on my bulletin board that said, “This is only temporary.
醒目地標示這衹是一個臨時工作儅我做令自己討厭的工作時，我等待時機的方式就是在電子告示牌上掛上提示：“這衹是臨時的。
If he can be magnanimous and modest, he can be patient and bide his time, then we can reach some kind of settlement and reconciliation.
假如他可以表現出寬宏大量，謙虛謹慎，可以耐心等待，那麽，泰國就有可能獲得某種和解。
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