temporize
/ˈtempəraɪz/
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If you say that someone is temporizing, you mean that they keep doing unimportant things in order to delay something important. 拖延
verb [vi. 不及物动词] vi. 拖延；妥协；顺应时势；迎合潮流
I can't permit you to temporize any longer. 我不能允许你再拖延时间了。
tempor(时间)+ize → 拖延
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- "Not exactly, sir," temporized Sloan. “不全是这样，先生”，斯隆敷衍着。
- Does a good carver temporize to carve his seal? 一个好的雕刻者不应敷衍他的印章。
- They are still temporizing in the face of what can only be described as a disaster. 眼看着灾难来临，他们还在拖延时间。
- Celia had decided long ago she would never temporize on that. 西莉亚早就认定，在这上面她绝不能妥协。