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

• She doesn't get her work done because she's always dawdling.
  她没做完，总是磨洋工。
• Stop dawdling and do something useful!
  不要挨时间了，做点有益的事吧！
• You are always dawdling.
  你总是泡蘑菇。
• 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。
• Xiao has been estranged from his roommate and former buddy because he was short-tempered with him for dawdling before leaving for classes.
  肖已经和他以前的好朋友兼室友疏远了，因为室友去上课之前磨磨蹭蹭让他受不了。
• After dawdling for years, governments must race to beat the clock.
  虚度多年光阴后，各国政府现在必须争分夺秒。
• It was all because of your dawdling that we were late.
  都是你老磨蹭，害得我们迟到了。
• I've yet to see him dithering and dawdling over anything!
  我从没见过他办一件事要花半天工夫！
• Stop dawdling and get on with your work.
  快干吧，别蹭时间了。
• He has been dawdling his time away.
  他中直在虚度光阴。