procrastinating v. 拖延;耽搁(procrastinate的ing形式)
- Begin while others are procrastinating.
当别人拖延时我开始。 - Amanda: Of course I do. But I get through with procrastinating about two weeks before my deadline.
阿曼达:当然也有。但是我再拖拉也在最后期限前的两个星期写完了。 - Things I have been procrastinating include, updating you guys, repairing my scratched car and calling the bosses.
当然还包括看你们的最新“动态”,修理我的快要散架的车,跟老板保持联络。。。。
Procrastinate \Pro*cras"ti*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Procrastinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Procrastinating}.] [L.
procrastinatus, p. p. of procrastinare to procrastinate; pro
forward + crastinus of to-morrow, fr. cras to-morrow.]
To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to
postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance. --Dr. H.
More.
Hopeless and helpless [AE]geon wend,
But to procrastinate his lifeless end. --Shak.
Syn: To postpone; adjourn; defer; delay; retard; protract;
prolong.