dilatory
英 [ˈdɪlətəri]
美 [ˈdɪlətɔːri]
adj. 拖拉的; 拖延的; 延误的
BNC.33843 / COCA.32015
牛津词典
adj.
- 拖拉的；拖延的；延误的
not acting quickly enough; causing delay- The government has been dilatory in dealing with the problem of unemployment.
政府迟迟未解决失业问题。
- The government has been dilatory in dealing with the problem of unemployment.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 拖拉的;拖沓的;延误的
Someone or something that isdilatoryis slow and causes delay.- You might expect politicians to smooth things out when civil servants are being dilatory.
公务员办事拖沓，你可能认为政治家会把事情顺利解决。
- You might expect politicians to smooth things out when civil servants are being dilatory.
英英释义
adj
双语例句
- He was of the opinion that Jefferson would soon remove his dilatory commander.
他认为杰斐逊很快就会撤换他那位做事拖拉的指挥官。 - This evening with two years ago any difference, the city has not had it forever to be sloppy the dilatory rhythm, the air is fainily stirring during all assembling and parting meeting and parting.
这个晚上同两年前没有任何区别，城市有它永远散漫拖沓的节奏，空气淡漠地搅拌着其间所有的聚散离合。 - You might expect politicians to smooth things out when civil servants are being dilatory.
公务员办事拖沓，你可能认为政治家会把事情顺利解决。 - The boss sacked a dilatory worker yesterday.
昨天老板开除了一个凡事都爱拖延的人。 - Filibuster: The use of extreme dilatory tactics in an attempt to delay or prevent action, especially in a legislative assembly.
阻饶议事的议员：用极端拖拉的战术来延迟或防止决议形成，特别是在立法程序上。 - Study on Dilatory Resistance to Scab in Wheat Cultivars
小麦品种对赤霉病的慢病性研究 - This system is experiencing trials of times because it is dilatory, bias and hard to be controlled.
同人评审机制由于其难以有效控制和一定的拖沓、不可靠和偏颇，正在经受时代的考验； - After a pause he added "sir." in a dilatory, grudging way.
停了一会他才慢吞吞地、勉勉强强地加了一声“先生”。 - 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.
家里人本来知道他一向懒得写信，能够拖延总是拖延；但是在这样的时候，她们都希望他能够勉为其难一些。 - The dilatory caution of Pope enabled him to condense his sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply.
蒲柏因谨慎而迟缓，所以能浓缩其情感，丰富其形象，积聚沉思之所出，偶然之所赐。