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
- 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 dynamic changes of dilatory reactivity of aorta and pulmonary arteries from the tail suspension rats
尾部悬吊大鼠胸主动脉和肺动脉舒张反应性的动态变化 - 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。 - 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； - 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。 - 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。 - 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”。 - 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。 - Oh! these bleak winds and bitter northern skies, and impassableroads, and dilatory country surgeons!
啊，这荒凉的风，严寒的北方天空，难走的路，慢腾腾的乡下大夫！ - 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。