第三人称单数:数:procrastinates
现在分词::procrastinating
过去分词:procrastinated
过去式:procrastinated
不及物动词拖延,耽搁
1. 延迟:proconsulship 总督 | procrastinate 延迟 | procrastination 延迟
2. 拖延,耽搁:power politics 强权政治 | procrastinate 拖延,耽搁 | procrastination 拖延,耽搁
3. 耽搁,拖延:indoctrinate 灌输思想 | procrastinate 耽搁,拖延 | obstinate 固执的;顽强的
1. 拖延;耽搁;延迟
If you procrastinate, you keep leaving things you should do until later, often because you do not want to do them.
e.g. 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。
verb
1. postpone doing what one should be doing
e.g. He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
Synonym: stalldrag one's feetdrag one's heelsshillyshallydilly-dallydillydally
2. postpone or delay needlessly
e.g. He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late