| 单词 | dilatory |
| 释义 | dilatoryWord family adverbdilatorilyadjectivedilatorynoundilatoriness dil·a·to·ry /ˈdɪlətəri $ -tɔːri/ adjectiveadj formal SLOWslow in doing something 拖延的，拖拉的，迟缓的 Examples from the Corpus dilatory• Then, during late March and April, they made rather half-hearted and dilatory attempts to get agreement on this basis.• Their unreasonable demands had a dilatory effect on the peace process.• We were alone, with a dilatory guard outside chatting with a secretary. (1400-1500) Late Latin dilatorius, from Latin dilatus, past participle of differre “to delay”; → DIFFER |
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