dawdle

verb

1. 拖延；磨蹭；游荡
   to take a long time to do sth or go somewhere
   1. Stop dawdling! We're going to be late!
      别磨蹭了，咱们快迟到了！
   2. They dawdled along by the river, laughing and talking.
      他们沿河边闲逛，一路谈笑风生。

1. VERB 闲逛;游荡
   If you dawdle, you spend more time than is necessary going somewhere.
   1. Eleanor will be back any moment, if she doesn't dawdle...
      如果不闲荡的话，埃莉诺随时都会回来。
   2. They dawdled arm in arm past the shopfronts.
      他们手挽手慢悠悠地逛过一家家店面。
2. VERB 慢吞吞地做;（在…上）磨蹭
   If you dawdle over something, you spend more time than is necessary doing something.
   1. He got fed up as bank staff dawdled over cashing him a cheque...
      银行职员慢吞吞地给他兑现支票，他憋了一肚子气。
   2. She downed two glasses of white wine while I dawdled over a draught beer.
      我慢悠悠地呷着一杯散装啤酒的工夫她已经灌下了两杯白葡萄酒。

1. Eleanor will be back any moment, if she doesn't dawdle
   如果不闲荡的话，埃莉诺随时都会回来。
2. They dawdled arm in arm past the shopfronts.
   他们手挽手慢悠悠地逛过一家家店面。
3. He got fed up as bank staff dawdled over cashing him a cheque
   银行职员慢吞吞地给他兑现支票，他憋了一肚子气。
4. She downed two glasses of white wine while I dawdled over a draught beer.
   我慢悠悠地呷着一杯散装啤酒的工夫她已经灌下了两杯白葡萄酒。
5. And when she graces him with a light, brushing kiss, he doesn't dawdle in accepting it.
   而当她向他施以一个又轻又快的吻时，他在接受时也不会表现出漫不经心的态度。
6. As you dawdle on your couch and start yourself being magnetized by their shows, you will have to see and read this list first, as to how much they have earned this year.
   当你轻松的躺在沙发上，被他们的表演吸引的时候，你得先看看这份演员收入排行榜名单。
7. WASHINGTON& While the United States and Japan dawdle over the last details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, China is moving to fill the vacuum.
   华盛顿&美国和日本就跨太平洋伙伴关系（Trans-PacificPartnership，简称TPP）最后的细节久拖不决之时，中国正积极地填补空白。
8. I couldn't dawdle over my coffee any longer.
   我不能再在咖啡上浪费时间了。
9. To move ina leisurely or aimless manner; dawdle.
   闲荡悠闲地无目地移动；闲逛。
10. Some say that gives lawmakers incentive to do what a discouraged electorate expects: dawdle, even as California collapses.
    有人说，让国会议员奖励做什么劝阻选民期望：混日子，尽管加州崩溃。
11. "We can Gazette certain areas and, within that area, we can instruct people to move along and not dawdle and attempt to do something which is disruptive," said Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister.
    “我们可以划定一些区域，在那些区域，我们会劝导人们不要逗留，也不要试图进行破坏性活动，”新加坡总理李显龙（leehsienloong）表示。
12. To waste time by puttering aimlessly; dawdle.
    虚度光阴无目的地磨蹭而浪费时间；虚度（光阴）
13. "Oh Grandma, I was so scared!" sobbed Little Red Riding Hood," I'll never speak to strangers or dawdle in the forest again."
    “噢，祖母，我非常害怕！”小红帽哭泣道。“我以后不会在和陌生人聊天或在森林里游荡了。”
14. If you dawdle in the shower, you'll make me late for work.
    如果你洗澡磨磨蹭蹭的，就会害得我迟到。
15. Don't dawdle over your clothing. you're so beautiful already.
    不要再在衣着上花费时间了，你已经够漂亮的了。
16. They do not dawdle long, but talk as they move.
    他们不会长时间闲逛，边走边讲电话。
17. Or the assistant and she dawdle, men, or had to go home to bring the cat cat food to buy.
    还是那个售货员，男子又与她磨蹭了半天，结果还是不得不回家把猫带来才买到了猫食。
18. Now I was dawdle, because I can not simply about my life, because I fit a child, one day at it, I hope the world is, unfortunately, women are equally able to usher in the spring of their own.
    现在的我就是在混日子，因为我根本左右不了我的生活，因为我放不下孩子，过一天算一天吧，希望天下不幸的女人都同样能迎来属于自己的春天。
19. Look smart! Don't always dawdle about like that!
    快一点！别总是那么拖拖拉拉！
20. To waste time, especially in indecision; dawdle or vacillate.
    磨蹭浪费时间，尤指犹豫不定；闲混或踌躇。
21. Don't squander the gold of your days. To waste time by puttering aimlessly; dawdle.
    别虚掷你的寸金光阴吧。虚度光阴无目的地磨蹭而浪费时间；虚度（光阴）
22. Optimize the structure of industry and implement the industrial policy that low energy consumption, low electricity dawdle;
    优化产业结构，实行低能耗、低电耗的产业政策；

verb

1. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

   Synonym:    lagfall backfall behind

2. waste time
   1. Get busy--don't dally!

   Synonym:    dally

3. take one's time

   Synonym:    linger