procrastinate

英 [prəʊˈkræstɪneɪt]

美 [proʊˈkræstɪneɪt]

v.  拖延; 耽搁

过去式：procrastinated　现在分词：procrastinating　复数：procrastinates　第三人称单数：procrastinates　过去分词：procrastinated　

GREIELTS

BNC.34854 / COCA.24515

牛津词典

verb

• 拖延；耽搁
  to delay doing sth that you should do, usually because you do not want to do it

柯林斯词典

• VERB 拖延；耽搁；延迟
  If youprocrastinate, you keep leaving things you should do until later, often because you do not want to do them.
  1. Most often we procrastinate when faced with something we do not want to do.
     面对不想做的事情，我们经常拖延。

英英释义

verb

• postpone doing what one should be doing
  1. He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
  Synonym:stalldrag one's feetdrag one's heelsshillyshallydilly-dallydillydally
• postpone or delay needlessly
  1. He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late

双语例句

• Or you might simply procrastinate as you do not want to see the effects realizing.
  或你仅简单的延迟你的效果，这是你不想见到的。
• When you procrastinate, you become a slave to yesterday.
  拖延会让你成为昨天的奴隶。
• When we procrastinate we run the risk of further burdening ourselves with shame that can develop when we avoid fearful situations or people.
  当我们拖沓的时候，就是给自己的未来添加可耻的负担，这种负担会在我们想要避免的困境和人那里继续发展。
• If you're trying to run in the morning, get your running clothes out the night before, so you don't even have time to procrastinate when you wake up.
  如果你想早晨跑步，在前一天晚上就把跑步要穿的衣服准备好，所以当你早晨醒来之后就不会再去拖延。
• There's something comforting about this story: even Nobel-winning economists procrastinate!
  这个故事有一点让人感到安慰：就连诺贝尔经济学奖得主都会拖延！
• Pelvic infection wants to be treated early, procrastinate long meeting influence is borne.
  盆腔炎要早治，拖久了会影响生育。
• Did you procrastinate yesterday and skip writing the unit tests for your new features?
  你拖延时间并忽略了新特性的单元测试吗？
• You may want to focus particularly on trouble-spots: times of day when you tend to procrastinate.
  很快你就能发现自己在什么地方特别容易浪费时间&也就是你的拖延症发作期啦。
• Servants don't make excuses, procrastinate, or wait for better circumstances.
  仆人们不会找借口，不会拖延，或者等一个更好的时机才去做事。
• This is why you can't procrastinate.
  而这也是为什么你不能再拖延了。