形容詞 dilatory:

1. inclined to waste time and lag behind
   同義詞：laggard
2. wasting time
   同義詞：laggard, poky, pokey
3. using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition; avoiding direct confrontation
   同義詞：fabian

1. Cautious or dilatory, as in taking action.
   謹(jǐn)慎而保守的謹(jǐn)慎的、保守的，如在采取行動(dòng)中
2. Hanging back or falling behind; dilatory.
   畏縮不前的或落后的; 遲誤拖拉的
3. It is dilatory of you not to answer to me.
   你真會(huì)拖，都沒(méi)回我的信。

dil.a.to.ry

adj.（形容詞）
Intended to delay.
有意拖延的
Tending to postpone or delay:
拖拉的：趨向暫緩或推遲的：
例句：
dilatory in his work habits.See Synonyms at slow
在他工作習(xí)慣中的緩慢參見(jiàn) slow

來(lái)源：
Middle English dilatorie
中古英語(yǔ) dilatorie
from Latin dol3tôrius
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) dol3tôrius
from dol3tor [delayer]
源自 dol3tor [延遲器]
from dol3tus [past participle of] differre [to delay]
源自 dol3tus [] differre的過(guò)去分詞 [推遲]
dis- [apart] * see dis-
dis- [區(qū)別] *參見(jiàn) dis-
l3tus [carried] * see tel…-
l3tus [運(yùn)送] *參見(jiàn) tel…-

【引伸】
dil.ato.rily
adv.（副詞）
dil.ato.riness
n.（名詞）