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单词 tardiness
释义
tardiness
noun[U]
formal
uk
/ˈtɑː.di.nəs/us
/ˈtɑːr.di.nəs/
thequalityof being late orslow:
Tardiness willresultin adetention.
Iknowhowfrustratingit can be to get behindschedulebecause of one person's tardiness.
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tardy
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  • Feelingguiltybecause of his tardiness, hepreachedanimpassionedandlengthyservice.
  • But thesurveyalsorevealedthat 67percentfeltthatdressingdown hasledto moreabsenteeismand tardiness.
  • Agencies' tardinessracksup $1.6 million inpenaltyfees.
  • Theyoungman’s tardinessconvincesthe woman he is not coming and that herfriendsandfamilywererightall along.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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  • be/come/arrive late to the partyidiom
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  • behindhand
  • belated
  • delayed
  • door
  • eleventh
  • last
  • late
  • late adopter
  • late developer
  • late in the dayidiom
  • nick
  • not a moment too soonidiom
  • overdue
  • owl
  • schedule
  • shut/close the stable/barn door after the horse has boltedidiom
  • the last minuteidiom
  • wire
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(Definition oftardinessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftardiness

tardiness
A comparison of the 1970 and 1998 elections serves to illustrate the construction of contemporaneous measures of relative earliness ortardiness.
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Thetardinessor inefficiency of the municipal authorities in suppressing popular revolt was therefore seen by the crown as a deliberate act of connivance.
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Eager to apportion blame, the colonial text turns quickly to the sweepers instead of the material limits or thetardinessof the local authorities.
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During the knowledge-acquisition stage 130 training examples are used, applying meantardinessas per formance criterion.
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The improvement with respect to meantardinessand mean flow time is 6.10% and 2.08%, respectively.
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I can only apologise for mytardinessin doing so.
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Atardinessheuristic for scheduling flexible manufacturing systems.
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Thistardinesshad much to do with the technical shortcomings of recording, which were exposed by the more acoustically demanding orchestral repertoire.
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Impatient at thetardinesswith which their legal attempts to enclose were proceeding, and before the six months were up, the trustees decided to take drastic action.
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In addition, governments'tardinessin purchasing the latest technology, coupled with their limited concern to provide any service add-ons in terms of accommodation and so on, have a similar effect.
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The scheduling scheme being proposed is used in a simplified flow-shop system with three machines so as to minimize the makespan and keep meantardinessbelow a set level.
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One fault of the previous system was itstardiness.
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Fourthly, there are few things more important in the administration of legal aid than to get rid oftardinessin civil cases.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Pesticides are reviewed under an ongoing programme, and we are determined to ensure that there is notardiness.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There has been atardinessof decision and action.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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