act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage
双语例句
1
He has bought himself time by refusing to speculate publicly on the cause of the blast.
他拒绝公开推测爆炸原因，为自己赢得了时间。
2
In London, for example, there were at the time some 130 commercial establishments where portraits, landscapes and photographic reproductions of works of art could be bought.
例如，当时在伦敦大约有130家商业机构，在那里可以买到肖像画、风景画和艺术作品的摄影复制品。
3
I always planned the week's meals ahead of time and only bought what was on my shopping list so that nothing went to waste.