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

• 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！
• I often procrastinate on doing exactly this kind of work.
  我经常对完全同样的事情拖沓。
• 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。
• Even though I procrastinate, I deeply and profoundly accept myself.
  即使我会拖延，我深深地全然接纳我自己。
• Don't procrastinate until the day before a deadline.
  不要在截止日期前拖拖拉拉。
• Pelvic infection wants to be treated early, procrastinate long meeting influence is borne.
  盆腔炎要早治，拖久了会影响生育。
• 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。
• Your very first instincts may have been to hold back or to procrastinate over making a decision.
  当做决定时你第一反应所得的决策可能被限制了或者被拖延。
• 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。
• 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？