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procrastination

/pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ /-ʃn̩/

Meanings
noun

拖延，延宕。

The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.

Examples :

"My procrastination on my homework caused me to fail the test. "
我因为总是拖延做作业，结果考试不及格了。
attitude action tendency character mind human being time

Related Words

Illustration homework

homework noun

/ˈhəʊmˌwɜːk/ /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/

作业, 功课。

"You must do your homework before you can watch television."

你必须先做完作业才能看电视。

Illustration habitually

habitually adverb

/həˈbɪtʃuəli/ /həˈbɪtʃəli/

习惯性地，惯常地.

"He is habitually inattentive of time."

他总是习惯性地不注意时间。

Illustration especially

especially adverb

/əˈspɛʃ(ə)li/

特别，尤其。

"My sister is very helpful, especially when it comes to organizing things. "

我妹妹很乐于助人，尤其是在整理东西方面。

Illustration putting

putting verb

[ˈpʰʊɾɪŋ] /ˈpʌtɪŋ/

放置，安放

"She put her books on the table."

她把书放在了桌子上。

Illustration the

the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

越...越..., 愈...愈...

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

越想越觉得它很无力。

Illustration fail

fail noun

/feɪl/

次品，劣质品

"The project was full of fail."

这个项目到处都是次品。

Illustration caused

caused verb

/kɔzd/

导致，引起，造成

"The lightning caused thunder."

闪电引起了雷声。

Illustration act

act noun

/æk/

行为，行动，作为

"an act of goodwill"

一种友好的举动 (Yī zhǒng yǒuhǎo de jǔdòng)

Illustration test

test noun

/test/

考验，测试

"The difficult exam was a real test of her knowledge. "

这次艰难的考试是对她知识的真正考验。

Illustration delaying

delaying verb

/dɪˈleɪɪŋ/ /diˈleɪɪŋ/

拖延，延遲。

"The heavy rain is delaying our picnic until next weekend. "

大雨延遲了我們的野餐，要到下週末才能去了。

Illustration postponing

postponing verb

/poʊˈspoʊnɪŋ/ /pəˈspoʊnɪŋ/

推迟，延期。

"Due to the bad weather, we are postponing the picnic to next weekend. "

因为天气不好，我们推迟野餐到下个周末。

Illustration intentionally

intentionally adverb

/ɪnˈtɛnʃənəli/ /ɪnˈtɛnʃənli/

故意地，有意地。

"The student intentionally missed the first few days of school to avoid the difficult math test. "

那个学生故意旷课了头几天，为了躲避那场难的数学考试。