" 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。

" 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。