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

• The boss sacked a dilatory worker yesterday.
  昨天老板开除了一个凡事都爱拖延的人。
• AIM: To study the dilatory effects and mechanism of ginsenosides Rg1 ( G-Rg1) on basilar artery of rabbit.
  目的：观察人参皂甙Rg1（G-Rg1）对基底动脉条的扩张作用，并探讨其作用机制。
• Filibuster: The use of extreme dilatory tactics in an attempt to delay or prevent action, especially in a legislative assembly.
  阻饶议事的议员：用极端拖拉的战术来延迟或防止决议形成，特别是在立法程序上。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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；
• "Cautious or dilatory, as in taking action."
  “谨慎的、保守的，如在采取行动中.”
• The pars transversa provides lateral wall rigidity and can even be a dilatory muscle.
  鼻肌横部提供外侧壁硬度，甚至做为扩张肌。