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
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.- 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。
- Most often we procrastinate when faced with something we do not want to do.
英英释义
verb
- postpone doing what one should be doing
- He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
- postpone or delay needlessly
- He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late
双语例句
- In terms of good study habits, it is a good idea not to procrastinate.
说到良好的读书习惯，不要拖延是一个很好的方法。 - Don't procrastinate until the day before a deadline.
不要在截止日期前拖拖拉拉。 - I often procrastinate on doing exactly this kind of work.
我经常对完全同样的事情拖沓。 - 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。 - It is strange how much you can get done when you aren? t interrupted every fifth minute or have the opportunity to procrastinate by checking your RSS-feeds or favourite websites.
你就会不可思议的发现，当你没有每隔五分钟就被打扰一次，没有机会因浏览RSS-feeds或喜爱的网站而拖延时，居然可以完成这么多的事情。 - But, when you're making more money than you know what to do with, you tend to procrastinate on any big decisions.
但是，当你挣的钱超过了你能支配的数量后，你会发现自己在一些重大的决策上开始变的拖拉。 - When you are distracted, it causes unnecessary stress and makes you procrastinate on your work.
这些事会造成很多不必要的压力，也耽搁自己的工作。 - You must change the habits and behaviors that led you to procrastinate in the first place.
你必须改变首先让你拖沓的习惯、行为。 - 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？ - 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！