procrastinate
美 [proʊˈkræst(ə)nˌeɪt] 
英 [prəʊˈkræstɪneɪt]
词形变化
第三人称单数：procrastinates 现在分词：procrastinating 过去式：procrastinated 同义词
英汉双解
1. | 拖延；耽搁to delay doing sth that you should do, usually because you do not want to do it |
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例句
JAMES SUROWIECKI: The number of choices clearly does, in some cases, affect how much we procrastinate.
答：选择数量的多少，确实在某些情况下很明显地影响了我们的拖延。
Don't act. Your mind will urge you to eat that cake ( "Just a bite! " ) or smoke that cigarette or stop running or procrastinate.
你的思想会劝你吃那块蛋糕（“就咬吧，不要管其他的”）或者抽那只烟吧或者停止跑步或者拖延下来吧。
You might decide to take the rest of the day off (which encourages you to work faster rather than procrastinate).
你可以把剩下的半天休假（这会让你把工作做的更快，而不是拖拖拉拉）。
For the others, the decision to procrastinate turned out to be a financial stability disaster.
对于其它国家而言，推迟加入欧元区的决定，最终变成了一场金融稳定方面的灾难。
Trying to find the perfect productivity tool can be an excellent way to procrastinate.
试着找到完美的效能工具也是一个防止拖延的极佳方法。
We usually think of social media as a time sink. Something that takes up time and allows you to procrastinate throughout your day.
我们通常认为社交媒体会耗费大量的时间。它会花费你很多时间，使你每天的任务不断拖延。
For instance, let's say that your problem is that you procrastinate. New tappers might be tempted to say.
举个例子，假如你的问题是老爱拖延。新手可能会说。
Ex: I am messy, I procrastinate, and I am loud sometimes. I am also a loyal friend, nice to people, and funny, and that is all okay.
例如：我这是一个乱糟糟的人，拖沓，有时候说话大声。我还是一位忠诚的朋友，对人友好，幽默--这一切都可以。
One reason we procrastinate is because we are trying to do too many things at once.
我们拖延的一个原因就是我们试着一次做太多的事情。
Like the rest of us, developers will also sometimes procrastinate on tougher assignments.
有时因为任务分配的不合理，开发人员也会延迟交付。
There's something comforting about this story: even Nobel-winning economists procrastinate!
听到这种故事还颇能让人欣慰：获得诺贝尔奖的经济学家都拖延！
Most likely you'll be a lot more hesitant and uncertain in your decision making, and that will likely lead you to procrastinate.
最有可能的是，你会犹豫不决，感到自己的决策靠不住。
However, we don't consciously realize this, and what happens is we procrastinate on our goals until it compounds into a serious problem.
然而我们没有意识到这些，紧接着我们就搁浅了我们的计划，直至严重性问题的出现。
Having just 1 deadline for your work is like an invitation to procrastinate.
只有一个最后期限对你的工作来说就像是接受了拖延的请柬函。
It might seem an idle pastime but academics have come up with a mathematical equation for why people procrastinate.
这也许会被视为无聊的消遣，然而已有学者提出数学方程式解释人们的拖延症。
It's easy to procrastinate when the deadline seems infinitely far away.
当最终期限总是遥遥无期时是很容易延期的。
I occasionally procrastinate with writing, even though it is one of my favorite things to do.
偶尔我也会在写作上磨磨蹭蹭，即使它是我最喜欢做的事情之一。
People often procrastinate by telling themselves that they do not have enough time on this particular day to finish the project.
人们经常这样拖延时间，告诉自己他们没有足够的时间在某个特定的日子完成计划。
Do not procrastinate what you ought to do.
不要拖延你应该作的事。
In terms of good study habits, it is a good idea not to procrastinate.
说到良好的读书习惯，不要拖延是一个很好的方法。
But you could make a case that people procrastinate about what they're thinking, about plans they're making, etc. .
但是你也可以说人们在他们应该思考的问题或者应制定的计划上面进行了拖延。
Not having a set schedule is one of the main reasons why people procrastinate.
没有时间表是人们拖拉的主要原因之一。
We procrastinate every visit, and usually end up writing in the notebooks in the last ten minutes before we leave for the airport.
我们会拖延每一次游览，去机场以前，我们通常用最后的10分钟在笔记本上作记录。
Keep your momentum! Listen, apply and move forward. Do not procrastinate.
保持你的动力！去听，去做，要向前走。不要浪费时间。
Procrastinate inconvenient deep form apology to time to what you bring.
对于时间拖延给您带来的不便深表歉意。
On clinical not sees, the adult patient are many, the course may procrastinate long time of the several week even several month.
临床上并不多见，成人患者较多，病程可迁延数周甚至数月之久。
When you procrastinate you're saying one of two things to yourself, "It's easier to avoid this than to face it" and that's wrong.
当你对自己说这样两句话时，你就是在拖延，一是“避而不见会更容易些”，这是错的。
I still procrastinate once in a while however I have gotten better at being more productive during the day.
我偶尔还是会有拖拉的现象，但是我正在不断变得在白天的时候能够更高效一些。
There is endless potential within you, but if you procrastinate, all this potential is lost.
你的身上有无限潜能，你却搁置了，所有的潜能都丢失了。
The fact is we procrastinate because we have too much to do and not enough time to do it.
事实上，当我们拖沓的时候，往往是因为我们有太多的事情要做，却没有足够的时间。
We usually tend to procrastinate with the most difficult tasks until the last moment.
我们常常喜欢把最难的任务拖到最后才做。
Not having a clear vision for the future is one of the biggest reasons people procrastinate.
人们拖延的最重要的原因之一就是对未来缺乏足够清晰的愿景。
Part of the reason why we procrastinate is because subconsciously, we find the work too overwhelming for us.
我们之所以拖延是因为潜意识里我们发现工作对我们来说太大了。
Procrastinate: To defer action, delay, to put off until another day or time.
拖延（Procrastinate）：推迟行动，拖延行动，直到另一天或者另一个时间。
cannot procrastinate so again went down , be it is better to say time becomes an operation earlier.
不能再这样拖下去了呀，不是说时间越早做手术越好的吗。
The next point regarding a "right time" arises when, despite your best efforts, you have still managed to procrastinate the morning away.
然后，总是等着“恰好的时机”，即使你会很努力，还是会有可能把上午耽搁掉。
Temperature and xiao dream see the old man to get more hectic hu, cannot procrastinate again, very anxious.
温民和晓梦看到胡老头的病情越来越重，不能再拖了，很焦急。
McClellan's "immobility" highlights several classic reasons we procrastinate.
麦克莱伦的“静止不动”突出显示了我们拖延的几个经典理由。
If your urge to procrastinate stems from anxiety or avoidance, the best solution may be to simply get to work.
如果你的延迟源于焦虑和逃避，最好的解决方案可能简单，就是开始工作。
Still, we persist, procrastinate and eventually complain that we're overweight, sick, dying, etc.
而我们依然持续，延迟直至最终抱怨着体重超重，生老病死等。
