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procrastinate

音標[pr?u'kr?stineit] 讀音

漢語翻譯


vt. 延遲, 耽擱
vi. 延遲, 耽擱

詞型變化:

名詞:procrastination 動詞過去式:procrastinated 過去分詞:procrastinated 現在分詞:procrastinating 第三人稱單數:procrastinates 

英文解釋:

動詞 procrastinate:

  1. postpone doing what one should be doing
    同義詞:stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally
  2. postpone or delay needlessly

例句:

  1. He procrastinated until it was too late to do anything at all.
    因循坐誤,一事無成。

詳細解釋:


pro.cras.ti.nate

v.(動詞)
pro.cras.ti.nat.ed,pro.cras.ti.nat.ing,pro.cras.ti.nates
v.intr.(不及物動詞)
To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness.
推遲:拖延做某事,尤指出於習慣性的粗心或懶散
v.tr.(及物動詞)
To postpone or delay needlessly.
拖延:無必要地推遲或拖延

來源:
Latin prôcr3stin3re prôcr3stin3t-
拉丁語 prôcr3stin3re prôcr3stin3t-
prô- [forward] * see pro-
prô- [向前] *參見 pro-
cr3stinus [of tomorrow] from cr3s [tomorrow]
cr3stinus [明天的] 源自 cr3s [明天]

【引伸】
procras.tina.tion
n.(名詞)
procras.tina.tor
n.(名詞)

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