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

• 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”。
• Choosey, a dilatory relationship is hard for everybody.
  简仁，拖拖拉拉大家都辛苦。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• It is dilatory of you not to answer to me.
  你真会拖，都没回我的信。
• The boss sacked a dilatory worker yesterday.
  昨天老板开除了一个凡事都爱拖延的人。
• 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。
• "Cautious or dilatory, as in taking action."
  “谨慎的、保守的，如在采取行动中.”
• 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；