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单词 dilatory
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dilatory

adjective
/ˈdɪlətəri/
/ˈdɪlətɔːri/
(formal)
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  1. dilatory (in doing something) not acting quickly enough; causing delay
    • The government has been dilatory in dealing with the problem of unemployment.
    Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin dilatorius ‘delaying’, from Latin dilator ‘delayer’, from dilat- ‘deferred’, from the verb differre.
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