masterly inactivity

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A policy of deliberate inactivity, carried out with diplomatic skill, so as to preserve a predominant influence without risking anything. uncountable
    — Majority Leader Alben Barkley had advised patience and silence, to let the isolationists wear themselves out. This plan of masterly inactivity had flopped frightfully.
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