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

• 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。
• Cannot procrastinate so again went down, be it is better to say time becomes an operation earlier.
  不能再这样拖下去了呀，不是说时间越早做手术越好的吗。
• Or you might simply procrastinate as you do not want to see the effects realizing.
  或你仅简单的延迟你的效果，这是你不想见到的。
• 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。
• 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。
• I often procrastinate on doing exactly this kind of work.
  我经常对完全同样的事情拖沓。
• 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！
• When you are distracted, it causes unnecessary stress and makes you procrastinate on your work.
  这些事会造成很多不必要的压力，也耽搁自己的工作。
• 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 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。