汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 按兵不动
按兵不动 (按兵不動)
to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom); to bide one's time
按 stop / Keep the army temporarily inactive / It is also a metaphor not to start work temporarily
按止住。使军队暂不行动。现也比喻暂不开展工作。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

尽管如此,反托拉斯者应该按兵不动

Even so, the trustbusters should stay their hand.

然而按兵不动也存在风险。

Yet there are risks in sitting tight.

狗也摆好阵势,要狂吠了,但是今晚,他们按兵不动

The dogs began to yip and howl, but tonight they kept their places.

然而若你待业家中并正在找寻工作,那么你可不能按兵不动

But if you're out of work and looking for a job, don't hold your breath.

如果觉得有可能,她们不会按兵不动、羞羞答答,总是等着对方先开口。

If they think this thing has a chance, they're not going to sit back and play coy and always wait for you to make the first move.

这意味着即便美国的财政整固政策取得成功,总体来看,美联储也可能十年按兵不动

That means that even a successful U.S. consolidation could feature a Fed on hold for, all things considered, a decade.

按兵不动,所有的问题都要谈判解决。我们离开之前,一定要把一切问题处理得妥妥贴贴。

I'll be home as soon as I can, but there's a small problem I'd like to get shot of before I leave the office.

除了全球经济成长及出口前景不明之外,交通银行驻上海首席经济经济学家连平列出了许多按兵不动的基本理由。

Apart from the uncertain outlook for global growth and exports, Lian Ping, chief economist at Bank of Communications in Shanghai, listed other fundamental reasons for standing pat.

在恐慌中,如果所有存款者(和银行)都按兵不动,他们的境况可能都得到改善。但个人储蓄者还是总有取出存款的倾向。

In a panic, individual depositors have an incentive to withdraw their cash, even if collectively they (and the bank) might be better off if they held fast.