这组词都可表示因行动或动作缓慢而使进步受阻或工作没有完成。它们之间的区别是:delay常指拖延某事(如出发、完成必要的工作等); procrastinate常指因懒惰、匆忙、冷淡或拖拉的习惯造成耽搁; lag主要指不能保持应有的速度去达到某个目的; loiter主要指进行中或完成工作时的耽搁,也可指因闲逛而落后; dawdle语义比loiter稍弱,侧重闲散、思想不集中而多花时间或浪费时间。例如:
He procrastinated in making an appointment to see his doctor.他迟迟不与他的医生预约看病。
The small boy soon became tired and lagged far behind.这小男孩一会儿就累了,远远地落到了后面。
We don't increase our earnings by loitering over our work.我们靠磨洋工是不会增加收入的。
Ade dawdled all the way to school.艾德在上学途中磨磨蹭蹭的。
谐音记忆法
谐音:懒哥(走得慢),所以引申为词义:落后
词源考究
词源不详,可能来自lug,用力拖拉。引申词义缓慢,滞后。
There is a long time lag between when I do the work and when I get paid.
我做工作和领薪水之间相隔很长一段时间。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》There's a time lag between infection with HIV and developing AIDS
从感染艾滋病病毒到病发有一段滞后期。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》If you have to take the floorboards up, take the opportunity to lag any pipes at the same time.
如果一定要把地板掀开,不妨趁此机会给各个管道加一层隔热保护。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Jet lag is caused because the body clock does not readjust immediately to the time change.
由于人体生物钟不能迅速对时差作出调整,因而产生了飞机时差反应。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Yixianrong refute this, the government's regulatory role lag period.
对此易宪容反驳, 政府的调控作用有滞后期.
来源:网络文摘精选The thinking of economic bureaucrats tends to lag behind changes in world conditions.
经济官员的思想往往跟不上世界局势的变化。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Price rises have matched rises in the money supply with a lag of two or three months.
在增加货币供应两三个月后,物价也跟着上涨。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Laws and regulations concerning the management of passport are incomplete and lag behind.
在护照管理法律、法规方面也比较滞后,法律、法规不完备.
来源:网络文摘精选In numerous sound, respect of bad news material also unwillings to lag behind.
在众多声音中, 耗材方面也不甘落后.
来源:网络文摘精选Alas , I fear the artillery must lag behind, but not I trust for long.
唉! 我担心炮兵一定要落后, 但是我相信他们不会落后得太久.
来源:词典精选例句There's a time lag between infection with HIV and developing AIDS.
从感染艾滋病病毒到病发有一段滞后期。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The lag of appraisal methods has terribly delayed the development of venture capital in China.
评估手段上的落后,极大地阻碍了我国风险投资事业的发展.
来源:网络文摘精选It's a good idea to spend the first night of your holiday sleeping off the jet lag.
把假期的第一个晚上用来睡觉倒时差是个不错的主意。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》So the controller is consist of lead and lag component, gain component and so on.
因此控制器由超前滞后 、 增益等环节串连组成.
来源:网络文摘精选Britain's economic development must lag behind that of almost every other industrial nation.
英国的经济发展肯定落后于几乎所有的其他工业国.
来源:《简明英汉词典》Modesty helps one to go forward [ make progress ]; conceit makes one lag behind.
虚心 使人进步, 骄傲使人落后.
来源:《现代汉英综合大词典》
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