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单词 dilatoriness
释义 dilatoriness|ˈdɪlətərɪnɪs|
Forms: see dilatory.
[f. next + -ness.]
The quality of being dilatory; tendency to procrastination or delay.
1642in Rushw. Hist. Coll. iii. (1692) I. 610 Lest his Majesty should think it a delatoriness in the Parliament to return an Answer.1667Waterhouse Fire Lond. 95 The sluggards dilatoriness is upon men; and they will sit still a little longer.1718Free-thinker No. 56. 4 The Holy See proceeded with its usual dilatoriness in that Affair.1825Scott Jrnl. 7 Dec., Letters..lying on my desk like snakes, hissing at me for my dilatoriness.1861M. Pattison Ess. (1889) I. 38 His delay in setting out was due to pure procrastination and dilatoriness.
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