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

• Forgive yourself when you do procrastinate to prevent a vicious circle.
  当你拖延的时候原谅自己以避免陷入恶性循环。
• 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！
• Something that takes up time and allows you to procrastinate throughout your day.
  它会花费你很多时间，使你每天的任务不断拖延。
• 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。
• I often procrastinate on doing exactly this kind of work.
  我经常对完全同样的事情拖沓。
• 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 know the time has come to get that sorted and you can't waver and procrastinate any longer.
  你知道现在是整顿的时候了，你已经无法再动摇和拖延。
• 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。
• 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。