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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't allow yourself to reflect or procrastinate.
  不要让自己反思或拖延。
• 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。
• Why do you always procrastinate! You'll never get anything done that way!
  你为什么总是喜欢拖延呢？你这样什么事都完成不了！
• You know the time has come to get that sorted and you can't waver and procrastinate any longer.
  你知道现在是整顿的时候了，你已经无法再动摇和拖延。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。