temporize

1. V-T/V-I 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. 拖延[正式]

They are still temporizing in the face of what can only be described as a disaster. 眼看著災(zāi)難來臨，他們還在拖延時(shí)間。

"Not exactly, sir," temporized Sloan. “不全是這樣，先生”，斯隆敷衍著。