| 单词 | procrastination |
| 释义 | procrastination (once / 7954 pages) n Procrastination is putting off or deferring an action (usually one we don't want to do) until a later time (usually the last minute). Activities that inspire procrastination include work, chores, studying, or anything else we don't feel like doing right now. Activities we choose in our procrastination include surfing the Internet, watching television, reorganizing our pencils, talking on the phone, or sleeping. Great synonyms for this word include dilly-dallying and shillyshally. WORD FAMILYprocrastination: procrastinations+/procrastinate: procrastinated, procrastinates, procrastinating, procrastination, procrastinator/procrastinator: procrastinators USAGE EXAMPLESThankfully, Beyoncé stays up to deal with me and my procrastination, as well. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) Procrastination may work in your favor if you end up not seeing a person you’re shopping for until after Christmas. Seattle Times(Dec 21, 2016) Procrastination is not the death knell for holiday travel. Wall Street Journal(Dec 06, 2016) 1n the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time Syn|Hyper cunctation, shillyshally delay, holdup the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time 2n slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it Syn|Hyper dilatoriness deliberateness, deliberation, slowness, unhurriedness a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry |
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