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

• wasting time
  Synonym:laggardpokypokey

双语例句

• 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。
• He hurries because he is late and is more likely to be injured on his dilatory journey home.
  他会因为担心迟到而一路小跑，而在慢慢吞吞的回家路上他更容易受伤。
• 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。
• This evening with two years ago any difference, the city has not had it forever to be sloppy the dilatory rhythm, the air is fainily stirring during all assembling and parting meeting and parting.
  这个晚上同两年前没有任何区别，城市有它永远散漫拖沓的节奏，空气淡漠地搅拌着其间所有的聚散离合。
• 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 ministry and the chamber continued to be dilatory, so hulas were smuggled in through East Germany.
  这两个部门仍然拖拖拉拉，于是呼拉圈就通过东德走私进来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。