リーダーズダイジェスト６月号のWord Powerは時間に関係する言葉の特集でした。 その中に "temporise" があり、その意味と例文を見たら覚えて置きたい単語だと思いました。
temporise: evade in order to delay. Asked what had happened to the plate of sugar cookies that had been on the counter, Jeremy temporised by telling his mother she looked beautiful.
覚えたいと思っても中々覚えられないのが常なので、辞書で幾つか別の例文を探して見ます。
・Ultralingua: To draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time: “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote.”
・Webster's New World College Dictionary: They did not falter, they did not dissemble, they did not temporize.
・American Herritage Dictionary: To act evasively in order to gain time, avoid argument, or postpone a decision: "Colonial officials ... ordered to enforce unpopular enactments, tended to temporize, to find excuses for evasion"
結局リーダーズダイジェストから引用した文が一番興味ある例でした。 "temporise" は英国綴りで、米国では "temporize" が通常のようです。
temporise: evade in order to delay. Asked what had happened to the plate of sugar cookies that had been on the counter, Jeremy temporised by telling his mother she looked beautiful.
覚えたいと思っても中々覚えられないのが常なので、辞書で幾つか別の例文を探して見ます。
・Ultralingua: To draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time: “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote.”
・Webster's New World College Dictionary: They did not falter, they did not dissemble, they did not temporize.
・American Herritage Dictionary: To act evasively in order to gain time, avoid argument, or postpone a decision: "Colonial officials ... ordered to enforce unpopular enactments, tended to temporize, to find excuses for evasion"
結局リーダーズダイジェストから引用した文が一番興味ある例でした。 "temporise" は英国綴りで、米国では "temporize" が通常のようです。
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