" I dunno, " said Harry, playing for time.

“我也说不好。”哈利拖延着时间。

No thanks to your burglar. He had the nous to play for time.

你的飞贼一点都帮不上忙。他懂得用脑子拖延时间。

The Soviet answered that Stalin is playing for time letting Hitler and western powers kill each other off.

苏联说斯大林在进行拖延战术。让希特勒和西方强国自相残杀。

So in a sense she is playing for time.

所以从某种意义上说，她是在争取时间。

The rebels may be playing for time while they try to get more weapons.

【play】叛乱分子可能在拖延时间，想搞到更多的武器。

Isn't it better to have time for play and time for work, and to make each day useful and enjoyable? '

有时间玩乐，也有时间工作，使每天既有用又愉快不是很好吗？”

" I—what? " said Ron, plainly playing for time. " No—come on, Hermione—we can't tell them off for giving out sweets."

“我——干吗？”罗恩说，显然是在拖延时间，“不——算啦，赫敏——我们总不能干涉他们发糖给别人吃吧。”

I'm an ex-professional Rugby Union player, I played 100 times for my country, Wales, captained the British and Irish Lions.

我是一名前职业橄榄球联盟球员，我为我的国家威尔士出场 100 次，担任英国和爱尔兰雄狮队的队长。

" You haven't told me what's so special about this prophecy I'm supposed to be handing over, " he said, playing for time.

“要我把球给你，你还没有告诉我这个预言有什么特别之处呢。”哈利说道，他在拖延时间。

Do you think he feels if he just plays for time, despite everything that goes wrong, he can still turn the situation around?

你认为他是否觉得如果他只是争取时间，尽管一切都出了问题，他仍然可以扭转局面？

Two emperors ruled the Roman empire at once during this period, and the wealthier Eastern Roman emperor played for time by paying off some of the Barbarian invaders.

在此期间，有两位皇帝同时统治了罗马帝国，更富有的东罗马皇帝通过收买部分蛮族入侵者来拖延时间。

As eight states had already ratified, the Federalists played for time hoping that either New Hampshire or Virginia would provide the key ninth vote and give them momentum for ratification.

由于八个州已经批准了该法案，联邦党人一直希望新罕布什尔州或弗吉尼亚州能够提供关键的第九票， 并为他们提供批准的动力。

" Because you thought I should know." He repeated my words slowly, trying to take in their full meaning, all the while sorting them out, playing for time by repeating the words. The iron, I knew, was burning hot.

“因为你认为我该知道。”他若有所思地复述我的话，试着理解这几个字的完整意义，理出头绪，借着重复这句话来拖延时间。我知道，这块铁正烧得灼热。