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

• 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。
• When you procrastinate, you become a slave to yesterday.
  拖延会让你成为昨天的奴隶。
• If you're trying to run in the morning, get your running clothes out the night before, so you don't even have time to procrastinate when you wake up.
  如果你想早晨跑步，在前一天晚上就把跑步要穿的衣服准备好，所以当你早晨醒来之后就不会再去拖延。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Something that takes up time and allows you to procrastinate throughout your day.
  它会花费你很多时间，使你每天的任务不断拖延。
• Not too bad, I just want to procrastinate.
  不是那么难，不想耽搁了。
• 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。