拖延

• It is a human weakness to put things off .
  把事情拖延下去是人的弱点。
• The situation does not permit of any delay .
  情势不容许任何的拖延。
• She keeps putting off going to the dentist .
  她老是拖延着不去看牙病。
• Delay is the deadliest form of denial .
  拖延是最厉害的拒绝形式。
• The news determined her against further delay .
  这消息使她下决心不再拖延。
• She wrote to enquire the cause of the delay .
  她只得写信去询问拖延的理由。
• Hunger and thirst could wait .
  饥饿和口渴的问题可以拖延一下。
• Even this extra minute was a reprieve .
  就这样多拖延一分钟也好象是一种缓刑。
• I object to letting the matter stand over any longer .
  我反对再把这事拖延下去。
• Clear evidence of his intent is to prolong the ritual .
  显然他意在拖延典礼时间。