迷你对话学地道口语第729期:拖延时间

 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 postpone¹ 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 negotiation².

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?

1 postpone   

v.延期，推迟

参考例句：

• 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。

2 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• 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。