英语词汇“drag one's feet”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

drag one's feet

1Walk slowly and wearily or with difficulty: they dragged their feet through the orchard towards the house...

Slowly, dragging his feet, he walked toward the front entrance.
Jake gave a little groan and slowly walked over, dragging his feet like a man condemned to death.
Slowly she dragged her feet walking into the bathroom and splashed water on her face to wake her up.

1.1 (also drag one's heels) Be deliberately slow or reluctant to act: the government has dragged its heels over permanent legislation...

This rather seems to bear out his surmise… that they are deliberately dragging their heels.
However, they are issued under a voluntary code and the organisation said there had been thousands of cases where firms had dragged their heels, or simply refused to issue codes.
Nothing was too little trouble for me and I dragged my heels reluctantly, putting off necessary chores until the last possible moment and even deferring some for another day.

Synonyms

delay, put off doing something, postpone action, defer action, procrastinate, be dilatory, use delaying tactics, stall, temporize, play for time, play a waiting game, dally, take one's time

informal dilly-dally, shilly-shally

US informal kick the can down the road

See parent entry: drag

单词	drag one's feet
释义	drag one's feet 1Walk slowly and wearily or with difficulty: they dragged their feet through the orchard towards the house... Slowly, dragging his feet, he walked toward the front entrance. Jake gave a little groan and slowly walked over, dragging his feet like a man condemned to death. Slowly she dragged her feet walking into the bathroom and splashed water on her face to wake her up. 1.1 (also drag one's heels) Be deliberately slow or reluctant to act: the government has dragged its heels over permanent legislation... This rather seems to bear out his surmise… that they are deliberately dragging their heels. However, they are issued under a voluntary code and the organisation said there had been thousands of cases where firms had dragged their heels, or simply refused to issue codes. Nothing was too little trouble for me and I dragged my heels reluctantly, putting off necessary chores until the last possible moment and even deferring some for another day. Synonyms delay, put off doing something, postpone action, defer action, procrastinate, be dilatory, use delaying tactics, stall, temporize, play for time, play a waiting game, dally, take one's time informal dilly-dally, shilly-shally US informal kick the can down the road See parent entry: drag
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