Action taken to gain time, especially a military engagement that delays the advance of an enemy.
拖延行动，阻滞战斗
Example sentencesExamples
The new 1945 plan called for delaying action along the border and withdrawal to prepared defensive lines and then to a stronghold area in southeastern Manchuria.
His courageous delaying action enabled his comrades to reorganize and effect an orderly withdrawal.
And the plan was to fight a delaying action, not decisive battles: Let the Napoleon invade.
Even in the short term, this move is a nice delaying action.
Just as in dispersed defense, delaying action can include a wide use of artificial obstacles of all types, ambush action, and blocking fire.
Definition of delaying action in US English:
delaying action
noun
Action taken to gain time, especially a military engagement that delays the advance of an enemy.
拖延行动，阻滞战斗
Example sentencesExamples
The new 1945 plan called for delaying action along the border and withdrawal to prepared defensive lines and then to a stronghold area in southeastern Manchuria.
Just as in dispersed defense, delaying action can include a wide use of artificial obstacles of all types, ambush action, and blocking fire.
His courageous delaying action enabled his comrades to reorganize and effect an orderly withdrawal.
And the plan was to fight a delaying action, not decisive battles: Let the Napoleon invade.
Even in the short term, this move is a nice delaying action.