dilatory [ˈdɪlətɔ:ri]

例句:

• His political advisers were impatient of these dilatory movements.
  来自J. A. Froude
• La Follette's dilatory move made another one possible.
  来自WSJ
• The government has been dilatory in dealing with the problem of unemployment.
  政府迟迟未解决失业问题。
  
• The boss sacked a dilatory worker yesterday.
  昨天老板开除了一个凡事都爱拖延的人.
  
• You might expect politicians to smooth things out when civil servants are being dilatory.
  公务员办事拖沓，你可能认为政治家会把事情顺利解决。
  
• His ruling passion was...the bustle of business, but he was as dilatory in despatching it as he was eager to engage in it.
  来自C. C. Trench