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词汇 dallied
释义 dallied
past simple and past participle ofdally
dally
verb[ I ]
 old-fashioneduk /ˈdæl.i/ us /ˈdæl.i/
to waste time or do something slowly蹉跎,浪费光阴;磨洋工,做事磨蹭
See also
dilly-dallyold-fashionedinformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Delaying and wasting time
ado
busywork
buy timeidiom
carry something over
dally
gridlock
hold up
inefficiency
inefficiently
kept
kick
pigeonhole
push
raincheck
retard
retardation
set someone back (something)
shelve
spin
stall

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Slow and moving slowly

Phrasal verbs


dally with someone
dally with something

Examples of dallied


dallied

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


Lacking the means to establish stable and productive homes, some young men dallied with church elders' daughters.
Some would argue that it may be that because he dallied for some period he finds himself now having substantially to increase the dose.
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They have dallied too long to be in with the forerunners and gain some operating experience.
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This question has been dallied with again and again.
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He has dillied and dallied, as can be expected of a person whose eyes are looking in different directions.
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But they dillied and dallied and refused to move.
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The trouble is that we have dillied and dallied over this principle by saddling the whole of life with rebates, filling up special forms, and so on.
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