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 pro·cras·ti·nate /prəˈkræstəˌnet, pro-/
 (vt.)(vi.)延遲,耽擱

 Pro·cras·ti·nate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Procrastinated p. pr. & vb. n. Procrastinating.]  To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance.
 Hopeless and helpless Aegeon wend,
 But to procrastinate his lifeless end.   --Shak.
 Syn: -- To postpone; adjourn; defer; delay; retard; protract; prolong.

 Pro·cras·ti·nate, v. i. To delay; to be dilatory.
    I procrastinate more than I did twenty years ago.   --Swift.
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 procrastinate
      v 1: postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to
           write the letter and procrastinated for days" [syn: stall,
            drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally,
           dilly-dally, dillydally]
      2: postpone or delay needlessly; "He procrastinated the matter
         until it was almost too late"