procrastinate

大学

v. 延迟, 耽搁

发音

UK /pɹəʊˈkɹæs.tɪ.neɪt/
US /pɹoʊˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/
US /pɹəˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/
AU /pɹəˈkɹæs.tɪ.næɪt/

词形变化

procrastinated procrastinates 三单 procrastinates procrastinating procrastinating 现在分词 procrastinated 过去式 procrastinated 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

耽搁，延迟

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To delay taking action; to wait until later.

    不及物

    He procrastinated until the last minute and had to stay up all night to finish.

  2. 2.

    To put off; to delay (something).

    耽搁

    拖延

    及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 5

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

上位词 10

table delay postpone defer remit shelve set back hold over prorogue put off

词源

First attested in 1548; from Latin prōcrastinātus, perfect passive participle of prōcrastinō (“defer, put off till tomorrow”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from prō- (“in favor of”) + crāstinus (“of or belonging to tomorrow”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), from crās (“tomorrow”).

来源：wiktionary