temporize
/ˈtempəraɪz/📚 42134GREIf 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
单词造句:
- 网友用“Temporize”造句精选
- 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。
- "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。
- 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。