"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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Celia had decided long ago she would never temporize on that.
西莉亞早就認(rèn)定,在這上面她絕不能妥協(xié).
來(lái)自辭典例句
2. EPA had attempted to temporize by allowing California to take " reasonable extra efforts " to comply.