dawdling

英 [ˈdɔːdlɪŋ]

美 [ˈdɔːdlɪŋ]

v.  拖延; 磨蹭; 游荡
dawdle的现在分词

现在分词：dawdling　

柯林斯词典

• VERB 闲逛;游荡
  If youdawdle, you spend more time than is necessary going somewhere.
  1. Eleanor will be back any moment, if she doesn't dawdle...
     如果不闲荡的话，埃莉诺随时都会回来。
  2. They dawdled arm in arm past the shopfronts.
     他们手挽手慢悠悠地逛过一家家店面。
• VERB 慢吞吞地做;（在…上）磨蹭
  If youdawdle oversomething, you spend more time than is necessary doing something.
  1. He got fed up as bank staff dawdled over cashing him a cheque...
     银行职员慢吞吞地给他兑现支票，他憋了一肚子气。
  2. She downed two glasses of white wine while I dawdled over a draught beer.
     我慢悠悠地呷着一杯散装啤酒的工夫她已经灌下了两杯白葡萄酒。

英英释义

noun

• the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
  Synonym:dalliancetrifling

双语例句

• Some people like to spend an afternoon just dawdling around the shops.
  有些人喜欢花一个下午在商店里闲逛。
• When will you ever be able to finish, if you go on dawdling like this?
  如果你这么泡蘑菇，什么时候才完得了？
• The camel is dawdling along the sandy path.
  骆驼沿着沙径懒洋洋地走着。
• I've yet to see him dithering and dawdling over anything!
  我从没见过他办一件事要花半天工夫！
• The17 countries and four European institutions now entangled in the euro zone crisis will continue trying to muddle through, but their dawdling can't be sustained.
  陷于欧元区危机的17个国家和4家欧洲机构将继续胡乱对付，但他们不可能一直这样懒散下去。
• Stop dawdling and finish your work!
  别瞎泡了，快把工作做完！
• She doesn't get her work done because she's always dawdling.
  她没做完，总是磨洋工。
• He is dawdling behind, not wanting to catch up.
  他慢慢地走在后面，不想赶上来。
• After dawdling for years, governments must race to beat the clock.
  虚度多年光阴后，各国政府现在必须争分夺秒。
• The cow was dawdling the fields.
  牛在田野里游荡。