temporize

verb

1. 拖延时间（不迅速做决定等）
   to delay making a decision or giving a definite answer, in order to gain time

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 temporise


1. VERB (为争取时间)拖延
   If you say that someone is temporizing, you mean that they keep doing unimportant things in order to delay something important such as making a decision or stating their real opinion.
   1. They are still temporizing in the face of what can only be described as a disaster...
      面临着显而易见的灾难，他们还在拖延时间。
   2. 'Not exactly, sir,' temporized Sloan.
      “不完全是这样，先生，”斯隆敷衍道。

1. They are still temporizing in the face of what can only be described as a disaster
   面临着显而易见的灾难，他们还在拖延时间。
2. 'Not exactly, sir,' temporized Sloan.
   “不完全是这样，先生，”斯隆敷衍道。
3. His offers of compromise were mere rhetoric. temporize between two parties
   他提出的妥协只是废话
4. 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。
5. EPA had attempted to temporize by allowing California to take "reasonable extra efforts" to comply.
   环境保护局一直想法拖延时间允许加利福尼亚采用合理的额外的努力去达标。

verb

1. draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time
   1. The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote

   Synonym:    temporise