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单词 dally
释义
dally
verb[I]
old-fashioned
uk
/ˈdæl.i/us
/ˈdæl.i/
towastetimeor do somethingslowly
蹉跎，浪费光阴；磨洋工，做事磨蹭
See also
dilly-dallyold-fashionedinformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Delaying and wasting time
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Slow and moving slowly

Phrasal verbs

dally withsomeone
dally withsomething
(Definition ofdallyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • Blueberries were ripe, and beguiled the pair into many a moment's dallying by the wayside.
  • I dallied over my drink, and then got up and excused myself, saying that I wanted to turn in early.
  • I have dawdled and dallied, and refused to face things long enough.
  • The pair dallied behind while the warriors continued their march.
  • We have failed to regard our leisure hours as a liability but, like the lotus eaters, have dallied in the realm of pleasure.

dally| American Dictionary

dally
verb[I]
us
/ˈdæl·i/
towastetimeor do somethingslowly:
She dallied over hermorningcoffee.
(Definition ofdallyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdally

dally
Lacking the means to establish stable and productive homes, some young men dallied with church elders' daughters.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The centre is the only force which can take the country forward, provided that they are not tempted todallywith the nationalists.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We cannot go on dilly-dallying with professional jealousy here and professional jealousy there.
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Some would argue that it may be that because he dallied for some period he finds himself now having substantially to increase the dose.
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It was a thorough shake-up for those who had been rather dilly-dallying about the matter for the last twelve years.
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I believe that the situation is far too serious to go on dallying with, and being content to rely on, this so-called reformative treatment.
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I think he was, but once again we are dallying.
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That has been one of the troubles throughout: ever since 1955 there has been dillying and dallying and failure to come to a decision.
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Our rivers, with one or two exceptions, know what they are about and make their way to the sea without dallying by the wayside.
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Today, we have all the advantages, so do not let usdallyand delay.
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The authorities dilly-dallied over giving another young man personal protection, and we followed his funeral cortege to the grave.
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They have dallied too long to be in with the forerunners and gain some operating experience.
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We must realize, and make the country realize, that we cannotdallyover this—we must hurry.
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He gets a little tiring with the long hiatus, the dilly-dallying with words.
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This question has been dallied with again and again.
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