缓兵之计

He described their foreign policy as on hold.

他将他们的外交政策称为缓兵之计。

Some EU officials dismissed the new request as another delaying tactic, noting that the Czech president had let two years pass without explicitly raising the Sudeten issue.

一些欧盟官员将新要求看作克劳斯的又一个缓兵之计，他们表示，这位捷克总统让两年时间白白过去，并没有明确提出苏台德问题。

Trade barriers itself is only delaying tactic rather than a real solution.

设置贸易壁垒不过是缓兵之计,根本不能真正解决问题.

He had recourse to the usual means of gaining time for such cases made and provided.

他采用了平日专为应付这种局面的缓兵之计.

The spokesman replied: These are nothing but stalling tactics.

该发言人答道: 这不过是缓兵之计而已.

His excuse was just a stall.

他的托辞只是缓兵之计.

However, given that Mr Khamenei had already congratulated the president on his supposed victory opposition, supporters dismissed the call as a sop to soften their anger.

不过，鉴于哈梅内伊已向内贾德的所谓胜选表示祝贺，反对派支持者对此项调查并不抱希望，认为这只是一种缓兵之计，意在缓解他们的愤怒情绪。