dilatory

英 [ˈdɪlətəri]

美 [ˈdɪlətɔːri]

adj.  拖拉的; 拖延的; 延误的

GRE法律

BNC.33843 / COCA.32015

牛津词典

adj.

• 拖拉的；拖延的；延误的
  not acting quickly enough; causing delay
  1. The government has been dilatory in dealing with the problem of unemployment.
     政府迟迟未解决失业问题。

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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

adj

• wasting time
  Synonym:laggardpokypokey

双语例句

• It is dilatory of you not to answer to me.
  你真会拖，都没回我的信。
• "Cautious or dilatory, as in taking action."
  “谨慎的、保守的，如在采取行动中.”
• 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。
• 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！
• Filibuster: The use of extreme dilatory tactics in an attempt to delay or prevent action, especially in a legislative assembly.
  阻饶议事的议员：用极端拖拉的战术来延迟或防止决议形成，特别是在立法程序上。
• Choosey, a dilatory relationship is hard for everybody.
  简仁，拖拖拉拉大家都辛苦。
• Decades of dilatory Western involvement had made no impact.
  西方国家数十年来缓慢的介入，没有产生什么影响。
• 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。
• Study on Dilatory Resistance to Scab in Wheat Cultivars
  小麦品种对赤霉病的慢病性研究
• The pars transversa provides lateral wall rigidity and can even be a dilatory muscle.
  鼻肌横部提供外侧壁硬度，甚至做为扩张肌。