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procrastinate /prəʊkræstɪneɪt; name proʊkræstɪneɪt/ verb (disapproving) to leave sth that you should do until a later time, usually because you do not want to do it（常因不愿做某事而）拖延，耽搁◆people were dying of starvation while governments procrastinated.饥民正挣扎在死亡线上，而政府行动却拖拖拉拉。ⓘ procrastinating usually involves finding other, often unimportant, things to do, in order to avoid what you really should be doing. * procrastinate 常指找别的一些较不重要的事做，以避免做真正应做之事。procrastinatesee ⇨ delay 3 ⇨ later 2 pro·cras·ti·nate /pro`kræstəˏnet; prəˈkræstɪneɪt/v [i]formal to delay doing something that you ought to do 【正式】 拖延，耽搁:◇though war seemed likely, the government continued to procrastinate. 尽管战争看来已在所难免，该政府却继续拖延着不肯备战。 |