procrastinate
procrastinate 英 [prəʊˈkræstɪneɪt] 美 [proʊˈkræstɪneɪt]
v. 耽搁，延迟
进行时:procrastinating 过去式:procrastinated 过去分词:procrastinated 第三人称单数:procrastinates 名词复数:procrastinates
- Procrastinate means to put off doing something until a future time. When people sit down to write term papers, they can find all kinds of clever ways to procrastinate: reorganizing the paperclips, calling everyone they know, typing "I am bored" fifty times in a row.
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- v. 耽搁，延迟
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1. Also, I did procrastinate on certain tasks.
我也曾在某些任务中耽搁了。
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2. Procrastination is the thief of time.
拖延就是浪费时间。
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3. She procrastinated her return.
她拖延了归期。
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4. I procrastinate because I work better under pressure.
我之所以拖延，是因为我在压力下工作得更好。
- procrastinate (v.) 1580s, a back formation from procrastination or else from Latin procrastinatus, past participle of procrastinare "to put off till tomorrow; defer, delay" (see procrastination). Related: Procrastinated; procrastinating. Earlier verb was procrastine (1540s), from French.
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