伺机报复: find some way to retaliate; seek one's revenge on [upon] ..
伺机反扑: wait for a chance to spring a counterattack; bide one's time for a counterattack; seek opportunities to launch a counterattack; wait for an opportunity to counterattack
伺机而动: watch for the proper moment for action; keep secretly ready for the right time; see which way the cat jumps; wait for an opportune moment to act; wait for an opportunity to take action; wa
The trades unions are playing a waiting game - they won ' t say whether they will order their members to stop work until the government has declared its own plans 工会正采取伺机而动的策略在政府没有宣布自己的计划之前他们是不会说是否命令会员停工的。