waiting game

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This is when the candidate's waiting game begins.
此時，候選對象的等待游戲才真正開始。
America, though prickly about the dealmaking at first, has played a patient waiting game that has worked well.
盡管美國感覺這個“紙牌游戲”很棘手，還是盡量做一個耐心的觀眾等待事情處理好。
Last year, early signs of a strong recovery fizzled amid external shocks, and a long waiting game ensued as writers watched for hints of a Fed response while the economy slowly deteriorated.
去年，經(jīng)濟(jì)復(fù)蘇的早期征兆隨著外來因素的沖擊而萎縮，評論家們在經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況緩慢惡化等待美聯(lián)儲有所反應(yīng)的跡象過程中，一種伺機(jī)而動的策略問世了。

Now comes the waiting game to see who can hold out longer for the best terms.
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However, as federal dollars go, a waiting game can have serious consequences for the economy.
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There is no leadership in this position, just a waiting game while debt problems get worse.
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a situation in which you delay taking any action, so that you can watch how a situation develops and see what it is best for you to do

If you play a waiting game, you deal with a situation by deliberately doing nothing, because you believe you will gain an advantage by acting later, or because you are waiting to see how other people are going to act.