英语词汇“temporize”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

tem·po·rize

(tĕmpə-rīz′)

v. tem·po·rized, tem·po·riz·ing, tem·po·riz·es

v.intr.

1. To act or speak in order to gain time, avoid an argument, or postpone a decision: "Colonial officials ... ordered to enforce unpopular enactments, tended to temporize, to find excuses for evasion" (J.H. Parry).

2. To act to suit current circumstances or necessities: "When an evil has sprung up within a state, the more certain remedy by far is to temporize with it" (Brian Moore).

v.tr.

To say or utter in temporizing.

[French temporiser, from Old French, from Medieval Latin temporizāre, to pass one's time, from Latin tempus, tempor-, time.]

tem′po·ri·zation (-pər-ĭ-zāshən) n.

tempo·riz′er n.

单词	temporize
释义	tem·po·rize (tĕmpə-rīz′) v. tem·po·rized, tem·po·riz·ing, tem·po·riz·es v.intr. 1. To act or speak in order to gain time, avoid an argument, or postpone a decision: "Colonial officials ... ordered to enforce unpopular enactments, tended to temporize, to find excuses for evasion" (J.H. Parry). 2. To act to suit current circumstances or necessities: "When an evil has sprung up within a state, the more certain remedy by far is to temporize with it" (Brian Moore). v.tr. To say or utter in temporizing. [French temporiser, from Old French, from Medieval Latin temporizāre, to pass one's time, from Latin tempus, tempor-, time.] tem′po·ri·zation (-pər-ĭ-zāshən) n. tempo·riz′er n.
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