drag one's feet

短语
大学

拖着脚走, 迟缓误事, 拖拉, 不合作

发音

AU

词形变化

dragged one's feet dragging one's feet drags one's feet 三单 drags one's feet dragging one's feet 现在分词 dragged one's feet 过去式 dragged one's feet 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To procrastinate, put off; to dawdle, avoid, or make progress slowly and reluctantly.

    习语

    I have been dragging my feet about filing my taxes.

  2. 2.

    To intentionally stall, to delay, to obstruct.

    习语

词汇关系

动词

同义词 5

stall procrastinate dilly-dally drag one's heels shilly-shally

上位词 1

delay

词源

From the idea of walking while dragging one's feet along the ground, either from lack of enthusiasm or to intentionally slow down movement. Compare dig in one's heels (“firmly oppose”).

来源：wiktionary