procrastinate
/prəʊˈkræstɪneɪt/verb
no obj.
- delay or postpone action; put off doing something耽搁; 延期, 推迟：
the temptation will be to procrastinate until the power struggle plays itself out.
诱惑将是一直拖到权力斗争无力再进行下去为止。
USAGE
On the difference between procrastinate and prevaricate,see usage at PREVARICATE.
派生词
procrastination
nounprocrastinator
nounprocrastinatory
adjective词源
late 16th cent.: from Latin procrastinat-'deferred till the morning'，from the verb procrastinare,from pro- 'forward'+crastinus 'belonging to tomorrow' （from cras 'tomorrow'）.