dawdling

英 [ˈdɔːdlɪŋ]

美 [ˈdɔːdlɪŋ]

v.  拖延; 磨蹭; 游荡
dawdle的现在分词

现在分词：dawdling　

柯林斯词典

• VERB 闲逛;游荡
  If youdawdle, you spend more time than is necessary going somewhere.
  1. Eleanor will be back any moment, if she doesn't dawdle...
     如果不闲荡的话，埃莉诺随时都会回来。
  2. They dawdled arm in arm past the shopfronts.
     他们手挽手慢悠悠地逛过一家家店面。
• VERB 慢吞吞地做;（在…上）磨蹭
  If youdawdle oversomething, you spend more time than is necessary doing something.
  1. He got fed up as bank staff dawdled over cashing him a cheque...
     银行职员慢吞吞地给他兑现支票，他憋了一肚子气。
  2. She downed two glasses of white wine while I dawdled over a draught beer.
     我慢悠悠地呷着一杯散装啤酒的工夫她已经灌下了两杯白葡萄酒。

英英释义

noun

• the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
  Synonym:dalliancetrifling

双语例句

• He has been dawdling his time away.
  他中直在虚度光阴。
• Stop dawdling and try to finish your homework before bedtime.
  别磨洋工了，争取在上床睡觉前完成作业。
• If you go dawdling like this, when will you ever be able to finish?
  你这么抠抠搜搜的，什么时候才办完？
• Stop dawdling and get moving.
  别磨蹭了，快走吧。
• He is dawdling behind, not wanting to catch up.
  他慢慢地走在后面，不想赶上来。
• The17 countries and four European institutions now entangled in the euro zone crisis will continue trying to muddle through, but their dawdling can't be sustained.
  陷于欧元区危机的17个国家和4家欧洲机构将继续胡乱对付，但他们不可能一直这样懒散下去。
• When on earth will we finish if we keep on dawdling like this?
  这么拖下去，驴年马月才能干完？
• Stop dawdling and get going.
  快走吧，别再磨时间了。
• It was all because of your dawdling that we were late.
  都是你老磨蹭，害得我们迟到了。
• Some people like to spend an afternoon just dawdling around the shops.
  有些人喜欢花一个下午在商店里闲逛。