Dilatory
['dɪlət(ə)rɪ] or ['dɪlətɔri]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at once; given the procrastination; delaying; procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant.
(a.) Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish; -- said of actions or measures.
校對:路易丝
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Slow, tardy, lingering, loitering, sluggish, laggard, lagging, behindhand, backward, procrastinating.
錄入:斯威尼
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Tardy, procrastinating, slow, loitering, behindhand, lagging, dawdling
ANT:Quick, prompt, beforehand, vigilant, eager, alert, hasty, precipitate, rash,ardent
錄入:内丽
解釋/意思:
adj. slow: given to procrastination: loitering: tending to delay.—adv. Dil′atorily.—n. Dil′atoriness.
手打:梅尔瓦
例句/造句/用法:
- His family knew him to be, on all common occasions, a most negligent and dilatory correspondent; but at such a time they had hoped for exertion. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- His letter was soon dispatched; for, though dilatory in undertaking business, he was quick in its execution. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- I've got a complaint that makes me a little dilatory. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- In that case, I observed, we can quicken our march; why adhere to a plan whose dilatory proceeding you already disapprove? 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
手打:梅尔瓦