Dilatory

(adj.) wasting time .

黛朵录入

• 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. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• His letter was soon dispatched; for, though dilatory in undertaking business, he was quick in its execution. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• I've got a complaint that makes me a little dilatory. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• In that case, I observed, we can quicken our march; why adhere to a plan whose dilatory proceeding you already disapprove? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

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