waiting game

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This is when the candidate's waiting game begins.
此时，候选对象的等待游戏才真正开始。
America, though prickly about the dealmaking at first, has played a patient waiting game that has worked well.
尽管美国感觉这个“纸牌游戏”很棘手，还是尽量做一个耐心的观众等待事情处理好。
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，经济复苏的早期征兆随着外来因素的冲击而萎缩，评论家们在经济状况缓慢恶化等待美联储有所反应的迹象过程中，一种伺机而动的策略问世了。

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.