People are also trying to buy time.

人们还试图购买时间。

Ah... Really? But how can I buy time?

啊…真的？但是，我怎么能买时间呢？

Buy time and continue cutting wages and deficits.

拖延时间，继续消减薪资和财政赤字。

The intervention would buy time for diplomacy to work.

这种干涉是为了有成效的外交而拖延时间。

Buy time by turning the question back to the interviewer.

通过将问题丢回给面试官来争取时间。