procrastination

n.

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1. VERB 拖延;耽搁;延迟 If you procrastinate, you keep leaving things you should do until later, often because you do not want to do them. 
  • Most often we procrastinate when faced with something we do not want to do.

    面对不想做的事情,我们经常拖延。

procrastination
  • He hates delay and procrastination in all its forms.

    他讨厌任何形式的拖延和耽搁。

Noun

1. the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time

2. slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it

1. Procrastination is the father of failure.
因循是失败的根源。

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2. Procrastination is the thief of time.
拖延就是浪费时间。

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