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

• In terms of good study habits, it is a good idea not to procrastinate.
  说到良好的读书习惯，不要拖延是一个很好的方法。
• 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。
• I often procrastinate on doing exactly this kind of work.
  我经常对完全同样的事情拖沓。
• When you procrastinate, you become a slave to yesterday.
  拖延会让你成为昨天的奴隶。
• This is why you can't procrastinate.
  而这也是为什么你不能再拖延了。
• Don't procrastinate until the day before a deadline.
  不要在截止日期前拖拖拉拉。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。