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dilatory

英 [ˈdɪlətəri]

美 [ˈdɪlətɔːri]

adj.  拖拉的; 拖延的; 延误的

GRE法律

BNC.33843 / COCA.32015

牛津词典

    adj.

    • 拖拉的;拖延的;延误的
      not acting quickly enough; causing delay
      1. The government has been dilatory in dealing with the problem of unemployment.
        政府迟迟未解决失业问题。

    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.
      1. 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。

    英英释义

    adj

    双语例句

    • 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。
    • Decades of dilatory Western involvement had made no impact.
      西方国家数十年来缓慢的介入,没有产生什么影响。
    • 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。
    • 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 behaviour is generally dilatory, so it's not surprising he's late.
      他一向慢吞吞的,所以迟到不奇怪。
    • Nowadays the backwardness, the inefficiency, dilatory style, and breach of duty etc in the government's functioning mechanism have greatly baffled the efficiency of social production, which makes it necessary to reform the administrative mode.
      当前我国政府运行机制的落后、效率低下、办事拖拉、不负责任等种种现象严重阻碍了整个社会生产的效率,这就有必要对政府的管理模式进行改革。
    • We apologize forbeing so dilatory in dealing with your enquiry.
      对答复您的咨询如此缓慢,我们表示道歉。
    • The dilatory actions of the government have not helped the situation.
      政府的拖延行为对局势没有帮助。
    • 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。
    • The boss sacked a dilatory worker yesterday.
      昨天老板开除了一个凡事都爱拖延的人。