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.
例句
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。
'Not exactly, sir,' temporized Sloan.
“不完全是这样，先生，”斯隆敷衍道。