procrastinate
英 [pr?(?)'kr?st?ne?t]
美[pro'kr?st?net]
- vt. 耽擱，延遲
- vi. 耽擱，延遲
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?procrastinates;過去式:?procrastinated;過去分詞:?procrastinated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?procrastinating;名詞:?procrastination;
中文詞源
procrastinate 拖延，耽擱
來自拉丁語procrastinare,拖延，推遲，來自pro-,向前，crastinus,明天的，來自cras,明天。
英文詞源
- procrastinate
- procrastinate: [16] Crās was Latin for ‘tomorrow’ (its antecedents are uncertain). The adjective derived from it was crāstinus ‘of tomorrow’, which in turn formed the basis of a verb prōcrāstināre ‘put forward to tomorrow’ (prō- denotes ‘forward’). By the time it reached English it had broadened out to simply ‘delay’.
- procrastinate (v.)
- 1580s, a back formation from procrastination or else from Latin procrastinatus, past participle of procrastinare "to put off till tomorrow; defer, delay" (see procrastination). Related: Procrastinated; procrastinating. Earlier verb was procrastine (1540s), from French.
雙語例句
- 1. While the inclination to procrastinate is common, one must fully consider the detrimental impact of unnecessary delays.
- 雖然拖延的傾向是普遍的, 但是人們應(yīng)該充分考慮到不必要的延誤造成的有害影響.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. Most often we procrastinate when faced with something we do not want to do.
- 面對不想做的事情，我們經(jīng)常拖延。
來自辭典例句
- 3. To procrastinate, I fell in with the spirit of the occasion.
- 為了拖延時間, 我也就順應(yīng)看當時的氣氛.
來自辭典例句
- 4. What do you procrastinate on?
- 哪些事你在拖延?
來自About Face 3交互設(shè)計精髓
- 5. Keep your momentum! Listen, apply and move forward. Do not procrastinate.
- 保持你的動力! 去聽,去做, 要向前走. 不要浪費時間.
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