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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 temporizer
 姑息者,順應時勢者,騎牆主義者

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tem·po·ri·zer n. One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer.
    A sort of temporizers, ready to embrace and maintain all that is, or shall be, proposed, in hope of preferment.   --Burton.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 temporizer
      n : someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or
          who waits for a favorable time [syn: temporiser]