| 单词 | procrastinate |
| 释义 | procrastinate (once / 4711 pages) v Procrastinate means to put off doing something until a future time. When people sit down to write term papers, they can find all kinds of clever ways to procrastinate: reorganizing the paperclips, calling everyone they know, typing "I am bored" fifty times in a row. The verb procrastinate is from Latin prōcrāstināre, from prō- "forward" plus crāstinus "of tomorrow," from crās "tomorrow." Some synonyms are defer, postpone, and delay, though these words often apply to more positive reasons for inaction. The reason for procrastination is often assumed to be laziness, or just that the task or action is unpleasant and difficult to begin. WORD FAMILYprocrastinate: procrastinated, procrastinates, procrastinating, procrastination, procrastinator+/procrastination: procrastinations/procrastinator: procrastinators USAGE EXAMPLESShe chided technology companies for procrastinating on integrating data into mapping applications that “will save many lives.” New York Times(Dec 19, 2016) But you procrastinate and end up curling up in a fleece blanket once again when the thermometer dips. Washington Post(Nov 03, 2016) But even he procrastinates when it comes to writing. Time(Nov 01, 2016) 1v postpone doing what one should be doing He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days Syn|Hyper dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, stall delay act later than planned, scheduled, or required 2v postpone or delay needlessly He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late Hyper delay act later than planned, scheduled, or required dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, stallpostpone doing what one should be doing |
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