| 词汇 | tardy |
| 释义 | tardy adjective formaluk /ˈtɑː.di/ us /ˈtɑːr.di/ slow or late in happening or arriving: 行动迟缓的；迟的；迟到的 Dinner was somewhat delayed on account of David's rather tardy arrival.由于戴维德到得很晚，晚饭推迟了一会儿。 Synonyms belated late Late about timephrase be/come/arrive late to the partyidiom behindhand belated delayed eleventh in the nick of timeidiom last late adopter late developer moment nick not a moment too soonidiom overdue owl the last minuteidiom unpunctual unpunctuality until all hoursidiom wire Related wordtardiness tardy | American Dictionarytardy adjective us/ˈtɑr·di/ late in happening or arriving: a tardy payment/delivery You were tardy for school twice in the last week. Examples of tardytardy Its tardy arrival focuses our attention on our responsibility, and on promotion of health and prevention of disease. The old system was not equipped to transport the volume of refuse, but it was the only system the tardy colonial officials authorized. Reliance on employers to pay out tax credits is no problem for those with stable, reliable employers; for those with tardy or transitory employers there may be real administrative problems. The regime's tardy recognition of the need for such changes, however, would do little to raise public confidence in it and the dynasty's collapse would simply be postponed. These people are very loath and very slow, very tardy indeed in obeying the behest of the central authority. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The policy underlying it is indiscriminate, inconsistent, tardy and heavily reliant upon trial and error. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are left with misery and odium for the tardy recognition of that fact. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In both those cases you only got a tardy and panic-stricken settlement when you were on the verge, or over the verge, of civil war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I come from a country whose government was rather tardy in expressing its interest in this directive. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Many of us feel that it is tardy and should have been introduced before. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I welcome their repentance, even if it is somewhat tardy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have been too tardy in imposing this additional taxa- tion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no fault of his that it was a mere tardy act of justice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even the elephant is not as tardy as that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am very much obliged for that tardy word of recognition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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