temporize

/ˈtempəraɪz/📚 42134GRE
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。

-ize “-ize/-ise”使…化temporize v. 拖延时间(tempor 时间+ize)
tempor(时间)+ize → 拖延
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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。