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procrastinator

/proh-kras-tuh-neyt, pruh-/US // proʊˈkræs təˌneɪt, prə- //UK // (prəʊˈkræstɪˌneɪt, prə-) //

拖延症患者,拖延者,拖拖拉拉的人,拖延症者

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v.无主动词 verb
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    pro·cras·ti·nat·ed, pro·cras·ti·nat·ing.

    • : to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    pro·cras·ti·nat·ed, pro·cras·ti·nat·ing.

    • : to put off till another day or time; defer; delay.

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Examples

  • Freitag claims she was a good student, but a procrastinator: she would study for tests with an hour to go and ace them.

  • Will you rouse the indolent procrastinator to an irksome but necessary effort, by showing him how much he has to do?

  • He may have been a procrastinator in everything else, but as a writer he was a skilled mechanic.

  • Then, to prevent the procrastinator from backing up, the salesman reached for the telephone on the advertiser's desk.

  • The procrastinator queries, "Cannot American man-power meet the demand?"

  • The procrastinator is the veriest drudge—he has his nose to the grindstone all the time.