procrastinate
英 [prəʊˈkræstɪneɪt] 美 [proʊˈkræstɪneɪt]

vi.

拖延，耽搁；

变形

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

英英释义

procrastinate[ prəu'kræstineit ]

• v.
  • postpone doing what one should be doing

    "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"

    同义词：stalldrag one's feetdrag one's heelsshillyshallydilly-dallydillydally

  • postpone or delay needlessly

    "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late"

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

1. He procrastinated until it was too late to do anything at all.
   他因循坐误，一事无成。
2. Do not procrastinate what you ought to do.
   不要拖延你应该作的事。
3. People often use several well-known excuses to procrastinate.
   人们经常用一些人所共知的借口去拖延时间。
4. When you receive a new project or task, don't procrastinate. Attend to it right away.
   当你接受了一个新项目或者新任务，不要耽搁时间，立即去做。

权威例句

Why Students Procrastinate: A Qualitative Approach.
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Why Procrastinate: An Investigation of the Root Causes behind Procrastination
Why Not Procrastinate? Development and Validation of a New Active Procrastination Scale
The small atrial septal defect--operate or procrastinate?
A Cross Sectional Study on Procrastination: Who Procrastinate More?
When do you procrastinate? Sleep quality and social sleep lag jointly predict self‐regulatory failure at work
An Analysis of Teachers' General Tendency to Procrastinate, Perception of Professional Efficiency / Self Efficiency and Altruism
I Can Start that "JME"Manuscript Next Week, Can't I? The Task Characteristics Behind Why Faculty Procrastinate.