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. 眼看着灾难来临，他们还在拖延时间。

"Not exactly, sir," temporized Sloan. “不全是这样，先生”，斯隆敷衍着。