temporize

vi. 随潮流, 拖延, 妥协, 调停

发音

UK /ˈtɛmpəɹaɪz/
其它
US /ˈtɛmpəˌɹaɪz/

词形变化

temporized temporizedst temporizes 三单 temporizes temporizeth temporizing temporizing 现在分词 temporized 过去式 temporized 过去分词 temporizest temporizedst 过去式 temporizeth 三单 temporized 复数

别名

temporise

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To deliberately act evasively or prolong a discussion in order to gain time or postpone a decision, sometimes so that a compromise can be reached or simply to make a conversation more temperate; to stall for time.

    美国 不及物

    “There are more answers to that than you may think,” Chih temporized, because there were, but they could see that there was only one answer that really mattered to tigers.

  2. 2.

    To discuss, to negotiate; to reach a compromise.

    美国 不及物 引申义
  3. 3.

    To apply a temporary piece of dental work that will later be removed.

    美国 及物 医学
  4. 4.

    To comply with the occasion or time; to humour, or yield to, current circumstances or opinion; also, to trim (“fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favour each”).

    美国 古体 不及物
  5. 5.

    To delay, especially until a more favourable time; to procrastinate.

    美国 不及物 废旧
  6. 6.

    To take temporary measures or actions to manage a situation without providing a definitive or permanent solution.

    美国 及物 医学

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

temporise

上位词 4

extend prolong draw out protract

词源

From Middle French temporiser (“to wait one's time, temporize”) + English -ize (suffix forming verbs). Temporiser is derived from Medieval Latin temporizāre, from Latin temporāre (“to delay, put off”) + -izāre (suffix forming the present active infinitive of verbs). Temporāre is derived from tempor-, the inflected stem of tempus (“age, time, period; season of the year; due, opportune, or proper time”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *temp-, *ten- (“to extend, stretch (in the sense of a stretch of time)”), or *temh₁- (“to cut (in the sense of a section of time)”)) + -āre. Compare temporalize.

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