246. Temporize - Formal English - Temporize / Temporise

Temporize (temporise) : (결정·확답을 하지 않고) 미루다, 시간을 끌다

Temporization : 타협, 형세관망, 미봉, 임시변통

 

1)

To play for time

to be evasive

to do irrelevant things in order to gain time

To temporize to delay making a decision to delay doing something to get the best situation

He temporized to try to avoid giving the answer

to avoid making a decision

to avoid committing oneself 

to gain time

to stall

to evade a decision in order to get better result or situation

to avert a decision in order to do it more properly

to procrastinate

to play for time

to equivocate

to gain time to access the situation better

 

2)

Another meaning of temporize is " to act "

If you are faced with an impossible situation, you need to temporize or to act according to that situation

to act according to circumstances 

 

 

Formality : 6.5 - 7

 

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