Procrastinate
[ pro'kræstɪnet ]
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vi. 拖延，耽搁;
💡 词根助记
pro很多…+crastin明天+ate动词后缀→有许多明天明日复明日→拖延
📝 例句
To be tardy in acting; procrastinate.
拖延行为上缓慢；耽搁
He procrastinate until it be too late to do anything at all
他因循坐误, 一事无成
He procrastinate until it is too late to do anything at all.
他因循坐误, 一事无成。
To procrastinate, I fell in with the spirit of the occasion.
为了拖延时间，我也就顺应看当时的气氛。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ pro-前缀“向前”,crastin-明天,ate-吃:明天再吃吧-拖延
※ pro-前缀“向前”,crast-crust面包皮,地壳,in,ate-吃:给你吃面包皮,吃得很慢,所以拖延了时间
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
procrastinate
v[I]
(fml derog 文, 贬) delay or postpone action 拖延; 耽搁; 因循
He procrastinated until it was too late to do anything at all. 他因循坐误, 一事无成.
🔁 扩展释义
*[prәu'kræstineit]vt. 延迟, 耽搁vi. 延迟, 耽搁
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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Three cheers for Ms Li.
给李小姐三声欢呼！
My favorite winter sport is skiing.
我最喜欢的动机运动是滑雪。
But here we come up against the most difficult of all obstacles to contact with people on other planets ----the astronomical distances which separate us.
然而，在和外星人联系中我们遇到的最大困难是分隔我们的天文距离。