| 单词 | foot-dragging |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfoot-dragging foot-dragging n. and adj. (a) n. the action of being reluctant or slow to act or make a decision; a delay or slowness; (b) adj. characterized by foot-dragging; cf. to drag one's feet at drag v. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [noun] > slowness to act retardation1633 dilatoriness1642 tarditude1794 laggardness1869 impromptitude1887 foot-dragging1947 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] > delaying tactics ambage1546 stall off1819 delaying tactic1867 waiting race1868 waiting game1890 foot-dragging1947 1947 N.Y. Times 25 Oct. 1/2 The ‘foot-dragging and fumbling’ which marked the mobilization for World War II had unnecessarily wasted thousands of lives. 1966 Life 6 May 49/1 To militant civil-rights campaigners he is a foot-dragging temporizer. 1969 Guardian 31 Jan. 10/2 There is no university now which does not have some appeals machinery..though there has been some foot-dragging on other issues. 2014 Times 4 June 2/2 Delays may also indicate a degree of foot-dragging within Whitehall. < as lemmas |
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