- 1拖延的；拖沓的；遲遲不作為的
If someone is dilatory, they are slow to do the thing they should do — they put it off, they drag their feet. It is not about walking slowly. It is delay as a habit or a tactic. A dilatory student leaves the essay until midnight. A dilatory office sits on a decision for months. It is a formal, slightly word; ordinary English says slow to act, or they keep putting it off. It looks a little like , and it sounds a little like delay, but it does not come from either. It comes from a Latin verb meaning to put off, to carry a thing apart in time.
組成From Latin dīlātōrius (“that puts off time”), from dīlātor, from differō (“to postpone, to carry apart”). Not from delay, and not from dilate “become wider.”
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
dilatoryadj/ˈdɪlət(ə)ɹi/
- 1
Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or adjourn decision.
- a dilatory strategy
- Alva, as usual, brought his dilatory policy to bear upon his adversary with great effect.
- 2
Slow or tardy.
dilatoryadj/ˈdɪlət(ə)ɹi/
- 1
Relating to dilation; dilative.
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