Maybe they've been biding their time.

也许他们在等待时机。

The nymphs of the periodical cicada have been biding their time.

布鲁德X蝉（一种周期蝉）的若虫为这个机会等待了很长时间。

The adult seals will mate soon after the female gives birth. So the males wait near by, biding their time.

成年海豹会在母海豹分娩后不久就再次进行交配。所以公海豹们就在附近徘徊等待着时机。

A very few, however, evolved into small, furry, burrowing beings that bided their time for a very long while as little mammals.

然而，少量进化成了毛茸茸的穴居小动物，在很长时间里作为小型哺乳动物存在，等待合适时机的到来。

Plants and animals, biding their time, closely followed the retiring ice, bestowing quick and joyous animation on the new-born landscapes.

等待时机的植物和动物紧跟在退去的冰层之后，为新生的风景赋予快速而欢乐的活力。

And so they're finding their own little ways to make change and biding their time until perhaps changes on the ground could eventually turn to political change.

因此，他们正在寻找自己的小方法来做出改变，并等待时机，直到实地的变化最终可能转变为政治变革。

Defense and corporate lawyers said meetings with potential witnesses in pending investigations have been canceled, and some companies seeking to raise cash through a stock offering are having to bide their time.

辩护律师和公司律师说，他们已经取消了与调查中可能的证人的会面，所以，部分寻求通过发行股票筹集现金的公司还得继续等待时机。

This, of course, means they could already be involved in more than one MCU movie, infiltrating high positions and simply biding their time for the perfect moment to strike.

当然， 这意味着他们可能已经参与了多部 MCU 电影，渗透到高层职位并等待最佳时机发动攻击。