音标:['dilәtәri] ;
a. 拖拉的
[法] 延期的, 拖延的, 慢的
s. wasting time

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dilatory的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. The dilatory limousine came rolling up the drive.那辆姗姗来迟的大型轿车沿着汽车道开了上来。
  2. The boss sacked a dilatory worker.老板解雇了一个凡事爱拖拉的工人。
  3. It is dilatory of you not to answer to me.你真会拖,都没回我的信。
  4. The Government has been dilatory in condemning the outrage.政府迟迟才谴责是次暴行。

词汇搭配

  • dilatory plea迁延的答辩

经典引文

  • His political advisers were impatient of these dilatory movements.

    出自:J. A. Froude
  • His ruling passion was..the bustle of business, but he was as dilatory in despatching it as he was eager to engage in it.

    出自:C. C. Trench
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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 20 August 2007 The Democratic chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, has threatened to hold members of the Bush administration in contempt for withholding documents subpoenaed b

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