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dilatorily

/dil-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee/US // ˈdɪl əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i //UK // (ˈdɪlətərɪ, -trɪ) //

膨大剂,扩张地,扩张性地,勤奋地

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
    • : intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision: a dilatory strategy.

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Examples

  • Decision making is slow, acquisition processes are dilatory, and maintenance of the equipment bought is poor.

  • The tedious, dilatory time and money-wasting “come later on” procedure of times gone by no longer obtains.

  • But the policy of Austria was, at that time, strangely dilatory and irresolute.

  • The Greek Government, British retaliation which was all but bankrupt, was dilatory in settling these claims.

  • An early dinner was eaten, and the dishes washed with an alacrity in agreeable contrast to the dilatory methods of the morning.

  • He felt like explaining to them that he had not just arrived, and that he really was not so foolish or so dilatory as he looked.