| 单词 | heel-dragging |
| 释义 | > as lemmasheel-dragging heel-dragging n. and adj. (a) n. reluctance or slowness to act or make a decision; (b) adj. characterized by such slowness or reluctance.Cf. to drag one's heels at drag v. 1b, foot-dragging n. and adj. at foot n. and int. Compounds 3. ΚΠ 1945 E. Liverpool (Ohio) Rev. 4 Jan. 7/3 Some officials..are inclined to be angry with the Swiss for what they called heel-dragging in complying with requests to tighten up on help to the Germans. 1948 Montana Standard 6 July 1/8 Russia is expected to do a heel-dragging act in considering and answering the allied notes. 1980 Policy Anal. 6 470 The credible threat of continued bad publicity is the most effective spur to a heel-dragging bureaucracy. 2016 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 24 Jan. st. 8 Manners change—in fits and starts, and often with some heel-dragging by the old guard. < as lemmas |
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