[no obj.]avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time 稽延,拖延;敷衍;应付 the opportunity was missed because the queen still temporized. 由于女王仍然在拖延时间,结果机会已失。
派生 temporization noun temporizer noun 语源
late 16th cent.: from French temporiser 'bide one's time', from medieval Latin temporizare 'to delay', from Latin tempus, tempor- 'time'