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词汇 delaying tactic
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Definition of delaying tactic in English:

delaying tactic

noun
  • An action or strategy designed to defer or postpone something in order to gain an advantage for oneself.

    he accused them of adopting delaying tactics
    Example sentencesExamples
    • And because of partisan delaying tactics by a handful of senators, John was unfairly denied the up-or-down vote that he deserves.
    • The wife wasn't having any of my delaying tactics, she knows me too well.
    • As a result of these delaying tactics, lawmakers spent several plenary sessions doing nothing, while priority bills that the Cabinet hoped to make law failed to reach the floor.
    • Although the Democrats don't like to admit it, in the past they have voted to end delaying tactics previously allowed under Senate rules or precedents.
    • Mr Twine sees the move by the council as a deliberate delaying tactic.
    • Accusations of delaying tactics and obstructiveness have been aired publicly by most of these companies, with even the regulator coming under scrutiny.
    • Our 11-year-old son went to bed after various delaying tactics - arguments about friends who stay up later, forgetting to brush teeth, coming down for a drink of water.
    • They are prepared to stick this out in response to management's delaying tactics.
    • Founded in 1884 and named after the Roman general famous for his delaying tactics, this organization propagated a reformist and gradualist brand of socialism.
    • I looked around for some delaying tactic, some means to forestall the inevitable.
    • Yet too often up and down the country stories emerge of delaying tactics, rent rises, and bad managers.
    • No more procrastination, no more antics, no more delaying tactics.
    • I believe its decision to seek judicial review is little more than a delaying tactic.
    • So, what we've seen has been delaying tactics on the part of his lawyers and on the part of his codefendants, which have been very successful so far.
    • There's nothing the government may legally do to stop us, though they may try delaying tactics like regulations on the sale of property or tightening voter registration requirements.
    • Punitive actions should be taken against officials using delaying tactics.
    • With that mandate, school districts across the country, particularly in the South, imposed delaying tactics that kept the schools from integrating.
    • He complains that the board's delaying tactics are part of an unfair war of attrition designed to exhaust the parents' committee's financial resources.
    • A delaying tactic was urgently sought together with some means of boosting the morale of a demoralised Allied force.
    • So people have resorted to more delaying tactics, more lies and more false excuses.

Definition of delaying tactic in US English:

delaying tactic

noun
  • An action or strategy designed to defer or postpone something in order to gain an advantage for oneself.

    he accused them of adopting delaying tactics
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I looked around for some delaying tactic, some means to forestall the inevitable.
    • And because of partisan delaying tactics by a handful of senators, John was unfairly denied the up-or-down vote that he deserves.
    • I believe its decision to seek judicial review is little more than a delaying tactic.
    • They are prepared to stick this out in response to management's delaying tactics.
    • A delaying tactic was urgently sought together with some means of boosting the morale of a demoralised Allied force.
    • Our 11-year-old son went to bed after various delaying tactics - arguments about friends who stay up later, forgetting to brush teeth, coming down for a drink of water.
    • So people have resorted to more delaying tactics, more lies and more false excuses.
    • Although the Democrats don't like to admit it, in the past they have voted to end delaying tactics previously allowed under Senate rules or precedents.
    • The wife wasn't having any of my delaying tactics, she knows me too well.
    • No more procrastination, no more antics, no more delaying tactics.
    • Mr Twine sees the move by the council as a deliberate delaying tactic.
    • So, what we've seen has been delaying tactics on the part of his lawyers and on the part of his codefendants, which have been very successful so far.
    • Punitive actions should be taken against officials using delaying tactics.
    • Accusations of delaying tactics and obstructiveness have been aired publicly by most of these companies, with even the regulator coming under scrutiny.
    • Yet too often up and down the country stories emerge of delaying tactics, rent rises, and bad managers.
    • There's nothing the government may legally do to stop us, though they may try delaying tactics like regulations on the sale of property or tightening voter registration requirements.
    • He complains that the board's delaying tactics are part of an unfair war of attrition designed to exhaust the parents' committee's financial resources.
    • Founded in 1884 and named after the Roman general famous for his delaying tactics, this organization propagated a reformist and gradualist brand of socialism.
    • With that mandate, school districts across the country, particularly in the South, imposed delaying tactics that kept the schools from integrating.
    • As a result of these delaying tactics, lawmakers spent several plenary sessions doing nothing, while priority bills that the Cabinet hoped to make law failed to reach the floor.
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