procrastinate
procrastinate — verb
- procrastinatepresent simple I / you / we / they
- procrastinateshe / she / it
- procrastinatedpast simple
- procrastinating-ing form
1. to avoid starting a task you know you need to do, by doing other less important
to avoid starting a task you know you need to do, by doing other less important things instead — often leaving the main job until the last moment and feeling stressed about it.
Instead of writing her essay, Sophia procrastinated by cleaning her entire kitchen.
collocation: procrastinate by + gerund
Imran knew he should file his taxes, but he kept procrastinating until the deadline.
The library was quiet, yet Ada spent the whole afternoon procrastinating on social media.
Zola told herself she would start studying at eight, but she procrastinated until nearly midnight.
Omar often procrastinates about booking flights, which makes the tickets more expensive.
- tackle
to face a task directly and begin working on it
- get on with
informal phrasal verb meaning to stop delaying and start doing
文法句型
procrastinate + on/about + [something]
procrastinate + by + doing [something else]
keep + procrastinating
用法筆記
Frequently used with the prepositions 'on' or 'about' followed by a noun or gerund (e.g., 'procrastinate on homework', 'procrastinate about booking'). Unlike 'delay' or 'postpone', which can be neutral, procrastinate always implies the delay is unnecessary and often causes guilt or last-minute rush.