procrastinate

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /pɹəʊˈkɹæs.tɪ.neɪt/    美 /pɹoʊˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/|/pɹəˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/|/pɹəˈkɹæs.tɪ.næɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To delay taking action; to wait until later. intransitive
    — He procrastinated until the last minute and had to stay up all night to finish.
  2. To put off; to delay (something). transitive
    — Hence It became manifest to the publishers of Webster, that some device must be resorted to, to induce apathy in the publick mind, and thereby procrastinate the inevitable crisis which they foresaw was approaching, the expulsion of his elementary works from our primary schools.

词形变化

procrastinates present,singular,third-person procrastinating participle,present procrastinated participle,past procrastinated past

词汇关系

近义词
procrastine delay penelopize stall postpone put off adjourn avert defer dilly-dally draw out extend forslow forestall forestay kick into the long grass kick the can down the road procrastinate prolong prorogue prorogate protract put on hold put on ice retard roll back stay suspend tarry
反义词
precrastinate advance antedate bring forward expedite hasten jump on prepone rush shoot first and ask questions later speed up take action
上位词
loiter waste time
下位词
hinder penelopize perendinate procrasturbate stall wait
衍生词
cryocrastinate nonprocrastinating procrastibaking procrastinatingly procrastination procrastinative procrastinatory procrasturbate unprocrastinated unprocrastinating procrastinator
相关词
perendinate tomorrow never comes procrastination is the thief of time deferment

词源

First attested in 1548; from Latin prōcrastinātus, perfect passive participle of prōcrastinō (“defer, put off till tomorrow”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from prō- (“in favor of”) + crāstinus (“of or belonging to tomorrow”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), from crās (“tomorrow”).
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