procrastinate

英 [prəʊ'kræstɪneɪt] 美 [proʊ'kræstɪneɪt]

• v. 延迟；拖延；耽搁

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 耽搁
2. 拖延
3. 迁延
4. 因循
5. 延误
6. 延迟

英英释义

Verb:

1. postpone doing what one should be doing;

   "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
   

2. postpone or delay needlessly;

   "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. He procrastinated until it was too late to do anything at all.
   他因循坐误，一事无成。
2. Do not procrastinate what you ought to do.
   不要拖延你应该作的事。
3. People often use several well-known excuses to procrastinate.
   人们经常用一些人所共知的借口去拖延时间。
4. When you receive a new project or task, don't procrastinate. Attend to it right away.
   当你接受了一个新项目或者新任务，不要耽搁时间，立即去做。

近反义词

【近义词】

• postpone 延期
• delay 耽搁
• adjourn (使)延期
• dally 浪费时间
• drag your feet 拖着脚步(故意拖延)...
• hang fire 发射迟缓(延迟)...
• defer 推迟
• put off 不安
• dawdle 磨蹭
• wait 等
• stall 栅栏
• drag one's feet 拖着脚缓慢行走...
• shillyshally 犹豫不决
• dillydally 磨蹭
• drag one's heels 拖着脚走
• dilly-dally 磨蹭