dilatory
英 [ˈdɪlətəri]
美 [ˈdɪlətɔːri]
adj. 拖拉的; 拖延的; 延误的
BNC.33843 / COCA.32015
牛津词典
adj.
- 拖拉的;拖延的;延误的
not acting quickly enough; causing delay- The government has been dilatory in dealing with the problem of unemployment.
政府迟迟未解决失业问题。
- The government has been dilatory in dealing with the problem of unemployment.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 拖拉的;拖沓的;延误的
Someone or something that isdilatoryis slow and causes delay.- You might expect politicians to smooth things out when civil servants are being dilatory.
公务员办事拖沓,你可能认为政治家会把事情顺利解决。
- You might expect politicians to smooth things out when civil servants are being dilatory.
英英释义
adj
双语例句
- Oh! these bleak winds and bitter northern skies, and impassableroads, and dilatory country surgeons!
啊,这荒凉的风,严寒的北方天空,难走的路,慢腾腾的乡下大夫! - The ministry and the chamber continued to be dilatory, so hulas were smuggled in through East Germany.
这两个部门仍然拖拖拉拉,于是呼拉圈就通过东德走私进来。 - The boss sacked a dilatory worker yesterday.
昨天老板开除了一个凡事都爱拖延的人。 - Nowadays the backwardness, the inefficiency, dilatory style, and breach of duty etc in the government's functioning mechanism have greatly baffled the efficiency of social production, which makes it necessary to reform the administrative mode.
当前我国政府运行机制的落后、效率低下、办事拖拉、不负责任等种种现象严重阻碍了整个社会生产的效率,这就有必要对政府的管理模式进行改革。 - The pars transversa provides lateral wall rigidity and can even be a dilatory muscle.
鼻肌横部提供外侧壁硬度,甚至做为扩张肌。 - Choosey, a dilatory relationship is hard for everybody.
简仁,拖拖拉拉大家都辛苦。 - AIM: To study the dilatory effects and mechanism of ginsenosides Rg1 ( G-Rg1) on basilar artery of rabbit.
目的:观察人参皂甙Rg1(G-Rg1)对基底动脉条的扩张作用,并探讨其作用机制。 - This system is experiencing trials of times because it is dilatory, bias and hard to be controlled.
同人评审机制由于其难以有效控制和一定的拖沓、不可靠和偏颇,正在经受时代的考验; - Filibuster: The use of extreme dilatory tactics in an attempt to delay or prevent action, especially in a legislative assembly.
阻饶议事的议员:用极端拖拉的战术来延迟或防止决议形成,特别是在立法程序上。 - "Cautious or dilatory, as in taking action."
“谨慎的、保守的,如在采取行动中.”