dilatory
英 [ˈdɪlətəri]
美 [ˈdɪlətɔːri]
adj. 拖拉的; 拖延的; 延误的
BNC.33843 / COCA.32015
牛津词典
adj.
- 拖拉的；拖延的；延误的
not acting quickly enough; causing delay- The government has been dilatory in dealing with the problem of unemployment.
政府迟迟未解决失业问题。
- The government has been dilatory in dealing with the problem of unemployment.
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.- 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。
- You might expect politicians to smooth things out when civil servants are being dilatory.
英英释义
adj
双语例句
- His credit suffered because he was dilatory in paying his bills.
因为他付账迟误了以至于信用卡出了问题。 - Study on Dilatory Resistance to Scab in Wheat Cultivars
小麦品种对赤霉病的慢病性研究 - 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。 - 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。 - Conclusion Vascular endothelium contributes to the β-adrenergic dilatory response of epicardial coronary arteries to dobutamine through nitric oxide formation.
结论血管内皮通过一氧化氮的产生在β肾上腺素受体介导的心外膜冠状动脉扩张中起重要作用。 - The ministry and the chamber continued to be dilatory, so hulas were smuggled in through East Germany.
这两个部门仍然拖拖拉拉，于是呼拉圈就通过东德走私进来。 - We apologize forbeing so dilatory in dealing with your enquiry.
对答复您的咨询如此缓慢，我们表示道歉。 - He was of the opinion that Jefferson would soon remove his dilatory commander.
他认为杰斐逊很快就会撤换他那位做事拖拉的指挥官。 - 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！ - "Cautious or dilatory, as in taking action."
“谨慎的、保守的，如在采取行动中.”