procrastinate
procrastinate — 動詞
- 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
拖延
明知該做卻故意推遲
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.
Sophia 沒有寫報告，反而跑去清理廚房來拖延時間。
collocation: procrastinate by + gerund
Imran knew he should file his taxes, but he kept procrastinating until the deadline.
Imran 知道該報稅了，但一直拖到截止日才處理。
The library was quiet, yet Ada spent the whole afternoon procrastinating on social media.
圖書館裡很安靜，但 Ada 還是整個下午都在滑社群媒體拖延時間。
Zola told herself she would start studying at eight, but she procrastinated until nearly midnight.
Zola 本來跟自己說八點要開始唸書，結果一直拖到快半夜才動工。
Omar often procrastinates about booking flights, which makes the tickets more expensive.
Omar 常常拖著不訂機票，結果票價變得更貴。
- 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.