pro·cras·ti·nate
verb/prəˈkræstɪneɪt/
/prəˈkræstɪneɪt/
[intransitive] (formal, disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they procrastinate | /prəˈkræstɪneɪt/ /prəˈkræstɪneɪt/ |
| he / she / it procrastinates | /prəˈkræstɪneɪts/ /prəˈkræstɪneɪts/ |
| past simple procrastinated | /prəˈkræstɪneɪtɪd/ /prəˈkræstɪneɪtɪd/ |
| past participle procrastinated | /prəˈkræstɪneɪtɪd/ /prəˈkræstɪneɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form procrastinating | /prəˈkræstɪneɪtɪŋ/ /prəˈkræstɪneɪtɪŋ/ |
- to delay doing something that you should do, usually because you do not want to do it
拖延；耽搁 - People were dying of starvation while governments procrastinated.
饥民正挣扎在死亡线上，而政府行动却拖拖拉拉。
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin procrastinat- ‘deferred till the morning’, from the verb procrastinare, from pro- ‘forward’ + crastinus ‘belonging to tomorrow’ (from cras ‘tomorrow’). - People were dying of starvation while governments procrastinated.