Twas done to deceive me--tis plain 'twas done to gain time.

这是故意做来骗我的——这完全是为了拖延时间。

youdao

He said to gain time: "What is it you see?"

他为了赢得时间，说：，“你在看什么？”

youdao

I hoped to gain time by keeping him talking.

我希望让他一直说下去以争取时间。

youdao

He said to gain time: "What is it you see?"

他为了赢得时间，说：,“你在看什么？“

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OK, in a few minutes we're going to start talking then about what is computation, how are we going to start building those tools, but that's what you should take away, that's what you're going to gain out of this course by the time you're done.

好啦，我们会花一点儿时间,谈谈什么是计算，我们如何去建造这些工具，但是这些是你应该，在离开这个课堂时,应该学会的事儿。

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