| 词汇 | dallying |
| 释义 | dallying present 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 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 You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Slow and moving slowly Phrasal verbsdally with someone dally with something Examples of dallyingdallying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. 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 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 Is it not better in these cases, unpleasant as it is, to have a clean operation and not a duly dallying? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is entering into a world—at least, he is dallying with the thought of entering into a world—in which he cannot compete. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 An examination of the work reveals a very sad story of dithering and dallying. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That attitude of mind must contain no inverted pacifism, and it must certainly not envisage any possibility of dallying with one country or with another. 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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