procrastinate

英 [pr?(?)'kr?st?ne?t] 美[pro'kr?st?net]

GRE暢通詞匯

第三人稱單數(shù):?procrastinates;過(guò)去式:?procrastinated;過(guò)去分詞:?procrastinated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?procrastinating;名詞:?procrastination;

procrastinate 拖延，耽擱

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)procrastinare,拖延，推遲，來(lái)自pro-,向前，crastinus,明天的，來(lái)自cras,明天。

procrastinate: procrastinate: [16] Crās was Latin for ‘tomorrow’ (its antecedents are uncertain). The adjective derived from it was crāstinus ‘of tomorrow’, which in turn formed the basis of a verb prōcrāstināre ‘put forward to tomorrow’ (prō- denotes ‘forward’). By the time it reached English it had broadened out to simply ‘delay’.
procrastinate (v.): 1580s, a back formation from procrastination or else from Latin procrastinatus, past participle of procrastinare "to put off till tomorrow; defer, delay" (see procrastination). Related: Procrastinated; procrastinating. Earlier verb was procrastine (1540s), from French.

1. While the inclination to procrastinate is common, one must fully consider the detrimental impact of unnecessary delays.: 雖然拖延的傾向是普遍的, 但是人們應(yīng)該充分考慮到不必要的延誤造成的有害影響.

2. Most often we procrastinate when faced with something we do not want to do.: 面對(duì)不想做的事情，我們經(jīng)常拖延。

3. To procrastinate, I fell in with the spirit of the occasion.: 為了拖延時(shí)間, 我也就順應(yīng)看當(dāng)時(shí)的氣氛.

5. Keep your momentum! Listen, apply and move forward. Do not procrastinate.: 保持你的動(dòng)力! 去聽,去做, 要向前走. 不要浪費(fèi)時(shí)間.