You delay the answer by thinking it will take a long time or that it is a major problem.

你的潜意识认为一切都是你长时间的考虑或是认为这个难题很棘手会延迟解决问题的时间。

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But, ironically, choosing not to make a decision is itself a decision to delay action, which doesn't bring you any closer to the right answer.

但讽刺的是，选择不做出决策本身是一个延迟行动的决策，这没有将您带到接近正确答案的地方。

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They hoped the delay would give reasonable men of the North and South time to find a permanent answer to the issue of slavery.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

Of course, that information, as you say on the answer phone from the flight was wrong, because there had been a delay of 40 minutes.

BBC: News | NEWSNIGHT | Alison Hoglan interview transcript

The circumstantial evidence suggests an answer -- delay.

CNN: Transcript: Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing

His efforts to get an answer that evening failed, but he said he was unsurprised by the delay.

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