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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• Not too bad, I just want to procrastinate.
  不是那么难，不想耽搁了。
• Don't procrastinate until the day before a deadline.
  不要在截止日期前拖拖拉拉。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I'm never one to make a decision when I can procrastinate, fudge and prevaricate.
  一曲抛若能拖延、回避、搪塞，我从不作决定。
• Actually I also fear oneself like before pat procrastinate, wrong you will understand that to be cheated the feeling?
  其实我也怕自己像以前那样拍错拖，你会明白那种被人欺骗的感觉吗？