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
- 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。 - 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。 - By contrast, the pars alaris is the primary dilatory muscle of the ala and is responsible for alar flaring.
相反，鼻肌翼部是鼻翼的主要扩张肌，使鼻翼外张。 - 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。 - 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； - His credit suffered because he was dilatory in paying his bills.
因为他付账迟误了以至于信用卡出了问题。 - "Cautious or dilatory, as in taking action."
“谨慎的、保守的，如在采取行动中.” - The pars transversa provides lateral wall rigidity and can even be a dilatory muscle.
鼻肌横部提供外侧壁硬度，甚至做为扩张肌。 - The boss sacked a dilatory worker yesterday.
昨天老板开除了一个凡事都爱拖延的人。