dilatory

adj.

1. 拖拉的；拖延的；延误的
   not acting quickly enough; causing delay
   1. The government has been dilatory in dealing with the problem of unemployment.
      政府迟迟未解决失业问题。

1. ADJ-GRADED 拖拉的;拖沓的;延误的
   Someone or something that is dilatory is slow and causes delay.
   1. You might expect politicians to smooth things out when civil servants are being dilatory.
      公务员办事拖沓，你可能认为政治家会把事情顺利解决。

1. You might expect politicians to smooth things out when civil servants are being dilatory.
   公务员办事拖沓，你可能认为政治家会把事情顺利解决。
2. The boss sacked a dilatory worker yesterday.
   昨天老板开除了一个凡事都爱拖延的人。
3. His family knew him to be, on all common occasions, a most negligent and dilatory correspondent; but at such a time they had hoped for exertion.
   家里人本来知道他一向懒得写信，能够拖延总是拖延；但是在这样的时候，她们都希望他能够勉为其难一些。
4. This system is experiencing trials of times because it is dilatory, bias and hard to be controlled.
   同人评审机制由于其难以有效控制和一定的拖沓、不可靠和偏颇，正在经受时代的考验；
5. After a pause he added "sir." in a dilatory, grudging way.
   停了一会他才慢吞吞地、勉勉强强地加了一声“先生”。
6. By contrast, the pars alaris is the primary dilatory muscle of the ala and is responsible for alar flaring.
   相反，鼻肌翼部是鼻翼的主要扩张肌，使鼻翼外张。
7. The pars transversa provides lateral wall rigidity and can even be a dilatory muscle.
   鼻肌横部提供外侧壁硬度，甚至做为扩张肌。
8. The dilatory caution of Pope enabled him to condense his sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply.
   蒲柏因谨慎而迟缓，所以能浓缩其情感，丰富其形象，积聚沉思之所出，偶然之所赐。
9. The ministry and the chamber continued to be dilatory, so hulas were smuggled in through East Germany.
   这两个部门仍然拖拖拉拉，于是呼拉圈就通过东德走私进来。
10. He hurries because he is late and is more likely to be injured on his dilatory journey home.
    他会因为担心迟到而一路小跑，而在慢慢吞吞的回家路上他更容易受伤。
11. The dilatory actions of the government have not helped the situation.
    政府的拖延行为对局势没有帮助。
12. His credit suffered because he was dilatory in paying his bills.
    因为他付账迟误了以至于信用卡出了问题。
13. He was of the opinion that Jefferson would soon remove his dilatory commander.
    他认为杰斐逊很快就会撤换他那位做事拖拉的指挥官。
14. Choosey, a dilatory relationship is hard for everybody.
    简仁，拖拖拉拉大家都辛苦。
15. Oh! these bleak winds and bitter northern skies, and impassableroads, and dilatory country surgeons!
    啊，这荒凉的风，严寒的北方天空，难走的路，慢腾腾的乡下大夫！
16. "Cautious or dilatory, as in taking action."
    “谨慎的、保守的，如在采取行动中.”
17. Decades of dilatory Western involvement had made no impact.
    西方国家数十年来缓慢的介入，没有产生什么影响。
18. His behaviour is generally dilatory, so it's not surprising he's late.
    他一向慢吞吞的，所以迟到不奇怪。
19. Filibuster: The use of extreme dilatory tactics in an attempt to delay or prevent action, especially in a legislative assembly.
    阻饶议事的议员：用极端拖拉的战术来延迟或防止决议形成，特别是在立法程序上。
20. This evening with two years ago any difference, the city has not had it forever to be sloppy the dilatory rhythm, the air is fainily stirring during all assembling and parting meeting and parting.
    这个晚上同两年前没有任何区别，城市有它永远散漫拖沓的节奏，空气淡漠地搅拌着其间所有的聚散离合。
21. We apologize forbeing so dilatory in dealing with your enquiry.
    对答复您的咨询如此缓慢，我们表示道歉。
22. It is dilatory of you not to answer to me.
    你真会拖，都没回我的信。
23. The dynamic changes of dilatory reactivity of aorta and pulmonary arteries from the tail suspension rats
    尾部悬吊大鼠胸主动脉和肺动脉舒张反应性的动态变化
24. Conclusion Vascular endothelium contributes to the β-adrenergic dilatory response of epicardial coronary arteries to dobutamine through nitric oxide formation.
    结论血管内皮通过一氧化氮的产生在β肾上腺素受体介导的心外膜冠状动脉扩张中起重要作用。
25. AIM: To study the dilatory effects and mechanism of ginsenosides Rg1 ( G-Rg1) on basilar artery of rabbit.
    目的：观察人参皂甙Rg1（G-Rg1）对基底动脉条的扩张作用，并探讨其作用机制。
26. Study on Dilatory Resistance to Scab in Wheat Cultivars
    小麦品种对赤霉病的慢病性研究
27. Nowadays the backwardness, the inefficiency, dilatory style, and breach of duty etc in the government's functioning mechanism have greatly baffled the efficiency of social production, which makes it necessary to reform the administrative mode.
    当前我国政府运行机制的落后、效率低下、办事拖拉、不负责任等种种现象严重阻碍了整个社会生产的效率，这就有必要对政府的管理模式进行改革。

adj

1. wasting time

   Synonym:    laggardpokypokey