| 词汇 | dally |
| 释义 | 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 Delaying and wasting time ado busywork buy timeidiom carry something over dawdle gridlock inefficiency inefficiently kept kick kick something into the long grassidiom push retard retardation set someone back (something) shelve sit sit on something spin stall You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Slow and moving slowly Phrasal verbsdally with someone dally with something Blueberries were ripe, and beguiled the pair into many a moment's dallying by the wayside. I dallied over my drink, and then got up and excused myself, saying that I wanted to turn in early. I have dawdled and dallied, and refused to face things long enough. The pair dallied behind while the warriors continued their march. We have failed to regard our leisure hours as a liability but, like the lotus eaters, have dallied in the realm of pleasure. dally | American Dictionarydally verb[ I ] us/ˈdæl·i/ to waste time or do something slowly: She dallied over her morning coffee. Examples of dallydally Lacking the means to establish stable and productive homes, some young men dallied with church elders' daughters. The centre is the only force which can take the country forward, provided that they are not tempted to dally with the nationalists. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We cannot go on dilly-dallying with professional jealousy here and professional jealousy there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some would argue that it may be that because he dallied for some period he finds himself now having substantially to increase the dose. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was a thorough shake-up for those who had been rather dilly-dallying about the matter for the last twelve years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that the situation is far too serious to go on dallying with, and being content to rely on, this so-called reformative treatment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think he was, but once again we are dallying. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That has been one of the troubles throughout: ever since 1955 there has been dillying and dallying and failure to come to a decision. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our rivers, with one or two exceptions, know what they are about and make their way to the sea without dallying by the wayside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Today, we have all the advantages, so do not let us dally and delay. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The authorities dilly-dallied over giving another young man personal protection, and we followed his funeral cortege to the grave. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have dallied too long to be in with the forerunners and gain some operating experience. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must realize, and make the country realize, that we cannot dally over this—we must hurry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He gets a little tiring with the long hiatus, the dilly-dallying with words. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This question has been dallied with again and again. 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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