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

• When you procrastinate, you become a slave to yesterday.
  拖延会让你成为昨天的奴隶。
• When we procrastinate we run the risk of further burdening ourselves with shame that can develop when we avoid fearful situations or people.
  当我们拖沓的时候，就是给自己的未来添加可耻的负担，这种负担会在我们想要避免的困境和人那里继续发展。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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！
• You can not procrastinate in tow days, tomorrow will be yesterday.
  你不能拖延工作&在两天时间里，明天就会成为昨天。
• 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。
• 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 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 often procrastinate on doing exactly this kind of work.
  我经常对完全同样的事情拖沓。