Definition of dilatory in English:

dilatory

adjective ˈdɪlət(ə)riˈdɪləˌtɔri

1Slow to act.
拖拉的
he had been dilatory in appointing a solicitor
他在指定律师时磨磨蹭蹭的。
Example sentencesExamples
- That is changing, but employers can be dilatory in encouraging nurses to put in complaints because it is seen as bad publicity for the hospital.
- It is unfair to suggest medal offices have been dilatory in distributing Canal Zone medals.
- That they have instead been dilatory is a worrying sign of a lack of commitment to the proper safeguarding of human rights.
- Equally undoubtedly, lawyers acting on behalf of the contracting companies involved will not have been so dilatory in their activities, on behalf of their own paymasters.
- And, while the process must be thorough, it can't be dilatory.
- She denied that her organisation had been dilatory in any way.
- The usually dilatory official whose habit it is to charge extra for administration costs suddenly works studiously, and earnestly, organizing the charity effort.
- The presence of large number of candidates makes descriptive answering method onerous and dilatory.
- Once wide awake, even enterprising, they slowly become dilatory, leaden, slow, laggard, and lumpish.
- On the whole, I feel that it is better to be a little bit too dilatory than too hurried in responding to political proddings of this kind.
- It is reported in the legal profession that some builders are quite dilatory on completions, even having received the bulk of the selling price through the sale of the site and the stage payments.
- The government was to have listed ‘protected’ sports several years ago, but their dilatory carry-on let the hour pass.
- Physical discomfort and dilatory airline service make long-haul traveling difficult enough.
- When I make a motion to enforce my decision, she complies - but it's always a dilatory effort.
- To be fair, the response of the English public has been as magnificent as that observed here and elsewhere, but the response of the Government has, at the very least, been dilatory.
- Here is a Labour Government that says it is interested in the environment and in the United Nations, yet it has been extremely dilatory in bringing this important bill, which is relevant to two of its key pieces of rhetoric, to the House.
- It is this dilatory or sidelong compliance I am talking about.
- Dismantling such structures has proved difficult, and the process of economic reform has often been tentative, dilatory, and slow.
- Even now, a week before the probable adjournment date, it is still uncertain whether this dilatory Congress will return for a lame-duck session after the Nov. 5 election.
- None of this was dilatory or out of the ordinary.
Synonyms
slow, unhurried, tardy, unpunctual, lax, slack, sluggish, sluggardly, snail-like, tortoise-like, lazy, idle, indolent, slothful
North American informal lollygagging
1. 1.1 Intended to cause delay.
  拖延的
  they resorted to dilatory tactics, forcing a postponement of peace talks
  他们采用拖延战术，迫使和谈推迟。
  Example sentencesExamples
  But in Nicholas's Russia the dilatory procedures alone made recourse to law ruinous for anyone who had no strings to pull.
  These dilatory strategies on the intellectual property front, indeed, can ruin the biodiversity richness of the country.
  But, as he said, we shouldn't allow them to engage in hair-splitting and dilatory tactics.
  Nor can we rely on escalatory steps such as economic sanctions to pressure it as it employs dilatory and diversionary tactics to complete its final solution.
  Here, a mother's allergy to snakes deprives the daughter of her favourite screw pine flower (thaazhambu in Tamil), forcing her to adopt dilatory tactics in domestic behaviour.
  He said the decision was made in view of what they called dilatory tactics being employed by the lawyers.
  Not surprisingly, for connoisseurs of media history, the prime optic of this dilatory policy exercise has been censorship.
  This correspondence with the administration also generates delay; while complaining parties may be noninformative because of lack of experience, an administration is often dilatory out of calculation.
  I think the dilatory approach Labour is taking towards boosting family incomes is unnecessary and uncalled for, while we still have far too many families dependent on food banks and other forms of charity for survival.
  It had started dilatory and divisive tactics on the finality of accession.
  Disappointed with the dilatory tactics of the cocoa firms, he even suggested sending a man-of-war to arrest a slave ship.
  Previously, dilatory tactics were out of order only after cloture had been invoked.
  Synonyms
  delaying, stalling, temporizing, procrastinating, postponing, deferring, putting off, tabling, shelving
  time-wasting, dallying, dilly-dallying, loitering, lingering, dawdling, tarrying
  rare Fabian

Derivatives

dilatorily

adverb

In his case the Office acted dilatorily and in bad faith.
Example sentencesExamples
- He is working, dilatorily, on a book on failed alternatives to Romanticism.
- One problem for me as a blogger is that I read voraciously but write very dilatorily and distractedly.
- I spent Monday lazing around the apartment, studying dilatorily, reading the Sunday papers, and listening to the rain.
- Since, in the last analysis, self-determination means self-defense, it would provide, although dilatorily, assistance in military organization.

dilatoriness

noun ˈdɪlət(ə)rɪnəsˈdɪləˌtɔrinəs

The proposal is largely uncontroversial, but the dilatoriness of the government has held things up.
Example sentencesExamples
- Nor, if the effect of its dilatoriness is to put the defence in a position where the defence is not ready for the trial can the Crown seek an extension and show that it has acted with all due expedition.
- I hope that the Minister, who has shown a fair amount of dilatoriness in terms of bringing this important bill to the Committee, will take a call and assure us that that will be possible.
- If the drawer closes his account with the latter bank in the meantime, the cheque will be dishonoured by that bank due to the collecting bank's dilatoriness.
- The only cause of the prejudice to him in the case of dismissal for want of prosecution is dilatoriness which took place after the action was started whether on his own part or on the part of his legal advisors.

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin dilatorius 'delaying', from Latin dilator 'delayer', from dilat- 'deferred', from the verb differre.

Rhymes

depilatory, oscillatory

Definition of dilatory in US English:

dilatory

adjectiveˈdiləˌtôrēˈdɪləˌtɔri

1Slow to act.
拖拉的
he had been dilatory in appointing a solicitor
他在指定律师时磨磨蹭蹭的。
Example sentencesExamples
- When I make a motion to enforce my decision, she complies - but it's always a dilatory effort.
- That they have instead been dilatory is a worrying sign of a lack of commitment to the proper safeguarding of human rights.
- And, while the process must be thorough, it can't be dilatory.
- To be fair, the response of the English public has been as magnificent as that observed here and elsewhere, but the response of the Government has, at the very least, been dilatory.
- Physical discomfort and dilatory airline service make long-haul traveling difficult enough.
- None of this was dilatory or out of the ordinary.
- It is this dilatory or sidelong compliance I am talking about.
- It is unfair to suggest medal offices have been dilatory in distributing Canal Zone medals.
- She denied that her organisation had been dilatory in any way.
- That is changing, but employers can be dilatory in encouraging nurses to put in complaints because it is seen as bad publicity for the hospital.
- Once wide awake, even enterprising, they slowly become dilatory, leaden, slow, laggard, and lumpish.
- Here is a Labour Government that says it is interested in the environment and in the United Nations, yet it has been extremely dilatory in bringing this important bill, which is relevant to two of its key pieces of rhetoric, to the House.
- The presence of large number of candidates makes descriptive answering method onerous and dilatory.
- The usually dilatory official whose habit it is to charge extra for administration costs suddenly works studiously, and earnestly, organizing the charity effort.
- It is reported in the legal profession that some builders are quite dilatory on completions, even having received the bulk of the selling price through the sale of the site and the stage payments.
- The government was to have listed ‘protected’ sports several years ago, but their dilatory carry-on let the hour pass.
- On the whole, I feel that it is better to be a little bit too dilatory than too hurried in responding to political proddings of this kind.
- Dismantling such structures has proved difficult, and the process of economic reform has often been tentative, dilatory, and slow.
- Equally undoubtedly, lawyers acting on behalf of the contracting companies involved will not have been so dilatory in their activities, on behalf of their own paymasters.
- Even now, a week before the probable adjournment date, it is still uncertain whether this dilatory Congress will return for a lame-duck session after the Nov. 5 election.
Synonyms
slow, unhurried, tardy, unpunctual, lax, slack, sluggish, sluggardly, snail-like, tortoise-like, lazy, idle, indolent, slothful
1. 1.1 Intended to cause delay.
  拖延的
  they resorted to dilatory procedural tactics, forcing a postponement of peace talks
  他们采用拖延战术，迫使和谈推迟。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Nor can we rely on escalatory steps such as economic sanctions to pressure it as it employs dilatory and diversionary tactics to complete its final solution.
  But, as he said, we shouldn't allow them to engage in hair-splitting and dilatory tactics.
  This correspondence with the administration also generates delay; while complaining parties may be noninformative because of lack of experience, an administration is often dilatory out of calculation.
  It had started dilatory and divisive tactics on the finality of accession.
  These dilatory strategies on the intellectual property front, indeed, can ruin the biodiversity richness of the country.
  I think the dilatory approach Labour is taking towards boosting family incomes is unnecessary and uncalled for, while we still have far too many families dependent on food banks and other forms of charity for survival.
  Disappointed with the dilatory tactics of the cocoa firms, he even suggested sending a man-of-war to arrest a slave ship.
  He said the decision was made in view of what they called dilatory tactics being employed by the lawyers.
  Not surprisingly, for connoisseurs of media history, the prime optic of this dilatory policy exercise has been censorship.
  But in Nicholas's Russia the dilatory procedures alone made recourse to law ruinous for anyone who had no strings to pull.
  Previously, dilatory tactics were out of order only after cloture had been invoked.
  Here, a mother's allergy to snakes deprives the daughter of her favourite screw pine flower (thaazhambu in Tamil), forcing her to adopt dilatory tactics in domestic behaviour.
  Synonyms
  delaying, stalling, temporizing, procrastinating, postponing, deferring, putting off, tabling, shelving

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin dilatorius ‘delaying’, from Latin dilator ‘delayer’, from dilat- ‘deferred’, from the verb differre.

单词	dilatory
释义	Definition of dilatory in English: dilatory adjective ˈdɪlət(ə)riˈdɪləˌtɔri 1Slow to act. 拖拉的 he had been dilatory in appointing a solicitor 他在指定律师时磨磨蹭蹭的。 Example sentencesExamples That is changing, but employers can be dilatory in encouraging nurses to put in complaints because it is seen as bad publicity for the hospital. It is unfair to suggest medal offices have been dilatory in distributing Canal Zone medals. That they have instead been dilatory is a worrying sign of a lack of commitment to the proper safeguarding of human rights. Equally undoubtedly, lawyers acting on behalf of the contracting companies involved will not have been so dilatory in their activities, on behalf of their own paymasters. And, while the process must be thorough, it can't be dilatory. She denied that her organisation had been dilatory in any way. The usually dilatory official whose habit it is to charge extra for administration costs suddenly works studiously, and earnestly, organizing the charity effort. The presence of large number of candidates makes descriptive answering method onerous and dilatory. Once wide awake, even enterprising, they slowly become dilatory, leaden, slow, laggard, and lumpish. On the whole, I feel that it is better to be a little bit too dilatory than too hurried in responding to political proddings of this kind. It is reported in the legal profession that some builders are quite dilatory on completions, even having received the bulk of the selling price through the sale of the site and the stage payments. The government was to have listed ‘protected’ sports several years ago, but their dilatory carry-on let the hour pass. Physical discomfort and dilatory airline service make long-haul traveling difficult enough. When I make a motion to enforce my decision, she complies - but it's always a dilatory effort. To be fair, the response of the English public has been as magnificent as that observed here and elsewhere, but the response of the Government has, at the very least, been dilatory. Here is a Labour Government that says it is interested in the environment and in the United Nations, yet it has been extremely dilatory in bringing this important bill, which is relevant to two of its key pieces of rhetoric, to the House. It is this dilatory or sidelong compliance I am talking about. Dismantling such structures has proved difficult, and the process of economic reform has often been tentative, dilatory, and slow. Even now, a week before the probable adjournment date, it is still uncertain whether this dilatory Congress will return for a lame-duck session after the Nov. 5 election. None of this was dilatory or out of the ordinary. Synonyms slow, unhurried, tardy, unpunctual, lax, slack, sluggish, sluggardly, snail-like, tortoise-like, lazy, idle, indolent, slothful North American informal lollygagging 1.1 Intended to cause delay. 拖延的 they resorted to dilatory tactics, forcing a postponement of peace talks 他们采用拖延战术，迫使和谈推迟。 Example sentencesExamples But in Nicholas's Russia the dilatory procedures alone made recourse to law ruinous for anyone who had no strings to pull. These dilatory strategies on the intellectual property front, indeed, can ruin the biodiversity richness of the country. But, as he said, we shouldn't allow them to engage in hair-splitting and dilatory tactics. Nor can we rely on escalatory steps such as economic sanctions to pressure it as it employs dilatory and diversionary tactics to complete its final solution. Here, a mother's allergy to snakes deprives the daughter of her favourite screw pine flower (thaazhambu in Tamil), forcing her to adopt dilatory tactics in domestic behaviour. He said the decision was made in view of what they called dilatory tactics being employed by the lawyers. Not surprisingly, for connoisseurs of media history, the prime optic of this dilatory policy exercise has been censorship. This correspondence with the administration also generates delay; while complaining parties may be noninformative because of lack of experience, an administration is often dilatory out of calculation. I think the dilatory approach Labour is taking towards boosting family incomes is unnecessary and uncalled for, while we still have far too many families dependent on food banks and other forms of charity for survival. It had started dilatory and divisive tactics on the finality of accession. Disappointed with the dilatory tactics of the cocoa firms, he even suggested sending a man-of-war to arrest a slave ship. Previously, dilatory tactics were out of order only after cloture had been invoked. Synonyms delaying, stalling, temporizing, procrastinating, postponing, deferring, putting off, tabling, shelving time-wasting, dallying, dilly-dallying, loitering, lingering, dawdling, tarrying rare Fabian Derivatives dilatorily adverb In his case the Office acted dilatorily and in bad faith. Example sentencesExamples He is working, dilatorily, on a book on failed alternatives to Romanticism. One problem for me as a blogger is that I read voraciously but write very dilatorily and distractedly. I spent Monday lazing around the apartment, studying dilatorily, reading the Sunday papers, and listening to the rain. Since, in the last analysis, self-determination means self-defense, it would provide, although dilatorily, assistance in military organization. dilatoriness noun ˈdɪlət(ə)rɪnəsˈdɪləˌtɔrinəs The proposal is largely uncontroversial, but the dilatoriness of the government has held things up. Example sentencesExamples Nor, if the effect of its dilatoriness is to put the defence in a position where the defence is not ready for the trial can the Crown seek an extension and show that it has acted with all due expedition. I hope that the Minister, who has shown a fair amount of dilatoriness in terms of bringing this important bill to the Committee, will take a call and assure us that that will be possible. If the drawer closes his account with the latter bank in the meantime, the cheque will be dishonoured by that bank due to the collecting bank's dilatoriness. The only cause of the prejudice to him in the case of dismissal for want of prosecution is dilatoriness which took place after the action was started whether on his own part or on the part of his legal advisors. Origin Late Middle English: from late Latin dilatorius 'delaying', from Latin dilator 'delayer', from dilat- 'deferred', from the verb differre. Rhymes depilatory, oscillatory Definition of dilatory in US English: dilatory adjectiveˈdiləˌtôrēˈdɪləˌtɔri 1Slow to act. 拖拉的 he had been dilatory in appointing a solicitor 他在指定律师时磨磨蹭蹭的。 Example sentencesExamples When I make a motion to enforce my decision, she complies - but it's always a dilatory effort. That they have instead been dilatory is a worrying sign of a lack of commitment to the proper safeguarding of human rights. And, while the process must be thorough, it can't be dilatory. To be fair, the response of the English public has been as magnificent as that observed here and elsewhere, but the response of the Government has, at the very least, been dilatory. Physical discomfort and dilatory airline service make long-haul traveling difficult enough. None of this was dilatory or out of the ordinary. It is this dilatory or sidelong compliance I am talking about. It is unfair to suggest medal offices have been dilatory in distributing Canal Zone medals. She denied that her organisation had been dilatory in any way. That is changing, but employers can be dilatory in encouraging nurses to put in complaints because it is seen as bad publicity for the hospital. Once wide awake, even enterprising, they slowly become dilatory, leaden, slow, laggard, and lumpish. Here is a Labour Government that says it is interested in the environment and in the United Nations, yet it has been extremely dilatory in bringing this important bill, which is relevant to two of its key pieces of rhetoric, to the House. The presence of large number of candidates makes descriptive answering method onerous and dilatory. The usually dilatory official whose habit it is to charge extra for administration costs suddenly works studiously, and earnestly, organizing the charity effort. It is reported in the legal profession that some builders are quite dilatory on completions, even having received the bulk of the selling price through the sale of the site and the stage payments. The government was to have listed ‘protected’ sports several years ago, but their dilatory carry-on let the hour pass. On the whole, I feel that it is better to be a little bit too dilatory than too hurried in responding to political proddings of this kind. Dismantling such structures has proved difficult, and the process of economic reform has often been tentative, dilatory, and slow. Equally undoubtedly, lawyers acting on behalf of the contracting companies involved will not have been so dilatory in their activities, on behalf of their own paymasters. Even now, a week before the probable adjournment date, it is still uncertain whether this dilatory Congress will return for a lame-duck session after the Nov. 5 election. Synonyms slow, unhurried, tardy, unpunctual, lax, slack, sluggish, sluggardly, snail-like, tortoise-like, lazy, idle, indolent, slothful 1.1 Intended to cause delay. 拖延的 they resorted to dilatory procedural tactics, forcing a postponement of peace talks 他们采用拖延战术，迫使和谈推迟。 Example sentencesExamples Nor can we rely on escalatory steps such as economic sanctions to pressure it as it employs dilatory and diversionary tactics to complete its final solution. But, as he said, we shouldn't allow them to engage in hair-splitting and dilatory tactics. This correspondence with the administration also generates delay; while complaining parties may be noninformative because of lack of experience, an administration is often dilatory out of calculation. It had started dilatory and divisive tactics on the finality of accession. These dilatory strategies on the intellectual property front, indeed, can ruin the biodiversity richness of the country. I think the dilatory approach Labour is taking towards boosting family incomes is unnecessary and uncalled for, while we still have far too many families dependent on food banks and other forms of charity for survival. Disappointed with the dilatory tactics of the cocoa firms, he even suggested sending a man-of-war to arrest a slave ship. He said the decision was made in view of what they called dilatory tactics being employed by the lawyers. Not surprisingly, for connoisseurs of media history, the prime optic of this dilatory policy exercise has been censorship. But in Nicholas's Russia the dilatory procedures alone made recourse to law ruinous for anyone who had no strings to pull. Previously, dilatory tactics were out of order only after cloture had been invoked. Here, a mother's allergy to snakes deprives the daughter of her favourite screw pine flower (thaazhambu in Tamil), forcing her to adopt dilatory tactics in domestic behaviour. Synonyms delaying, stalling, temporizing, procrastinating, postponing, deferring, putting off, tabling, shelving Origin Late Middle English: from late Latin dilatorius ‘delaying’, from Latin dilator ‘delayer’, from dilat- ‘deferred’, from the verb differre.
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