To procrastinate is to put off a job you know you should do, usually because you do not want to start. The work is still yours; you have not given it to anyone else, and you have not agreed a new time. You just leave it.

To procrastinate To procrastinate拖延is to put off a job you know you should do就是把你知道自己應該做的事情往後拖, usually because you do not want to start通常是因為你不想開始做。The work那件事is still yours還是你的; you have not given it to anyone else你沒有把它交給別人, and you have not agreed a new time也沒有約好一個新的時間。You你just leave it就是把它放著不管。

People do this with homework, emails, phone calls, cleaning — anything that feels heavy.

People大家do this with homework, emails, phone calls, cleaning會用這個方式拖延功課、電子郵件、電話、打掃— anything that feels heavy任何讓人覺得沉重的事。

It is a little more formal than “put it off,” but everyone uses it, and it almost always sounds a bit guilty, or at least honest.

It它is a little more formal than "put it off"比"put it off"稍微正式一點, but everyone uses it但大家都會用, and it almost always sounds a bit guilty, or at least honest而且聽起來幾乎總是帶點愧疚，至少是誠實的。

Though actually, it is not the same as postpone: postpone can be a real plan (“Let’s do it next week”). Procrastinate is the messy kind of waiting, the “I’ll do it tomorrow” kind, even when tomorrow is not a better day.

Though actually不過其實, it is not the same as postpone它跟postpone延後不一樣: postpone postponecan be a real plan可以是一個真的計畫("Let's do it next week")（"Let's do it next week"下星期再做）。Procrastinate Procrastinate是那種拖延is the messy kind of waiting是那種雜亂無章的拖延, the "I'll do it tomorrow" kind是「明天再做」的那種, even when tomorrow is not a better day即使明天並不會比較好。