temporize
temporize 英 [ˈtempəraɪz] 美 [ˈtɛmpəˌraɪz]
vi. 拖延；妥协；顺应时势；迎合潮流
进行时:temporizing 过去式:temporized 过去分词:temporized 第三人称单数:temporizes
- The verb temporize describes stalling in order to gain time in the hopes of avoiding or preventing something. Your class might temporize so your teacher won't have time to give the pop quiz you all think she's going to give.
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- vi. 拖延；妥协；顺应时势；迎合潮流
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1. 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。
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2. The stalemate allowed Pyongyang to temporize untiltheendofthe Bush administration and set up a new roundofprovocation.
这一僵局使得朝鲜一直到布什执政结束前都敷衍拖延，并开始了新一轮挑行动。
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3. Does a good carver temporize to carve his seal?
一个好的雕刻者不应敷衍他的印章。
- temporize (v.) "to comply with the times; to yield ostensibly to the current of opinion or circumstances," 1550s (implied in temporizer), from Middle French temporiser "to pass one's time, wait one's time" (14c.), from Medieval Latin temporizare "pass time," perhaps via Vulgar Latin *temporare "to delay," from Latin tempus (genitive temporis) "time" (see temporal). Related: Temporized; temporizing.
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