Definition
To delay a situation or action in order to gain more time to prepare or consider options.
爭取時間；拖延時間
They asked for an extension on the deadline to buy time to review the contract carefully.
他們要求延長截止日期，以爭取時間仔細審查合同。
She told them she was still thinking about it, but she was actually just trying to buy time.
她告訴他們她還在考慮，但實際上她只是試圖拖延時間。
The politician avoided answering the question directly, trying to buy time to refine his arguments before the next press conference.
這位政治家避開直接回答問題，試圖爭取時間在下一次新聞發布會前完善他的論點。