1.混日子,偷赖,磨蹭
1.to go somewhere, or to do something, so slowly that people become annoyed with you
1.We had been trained to be ready within ten minutes of receiving such an order ; those who dawdled were left behind .
平常我们已经被训练好必须在十分钟之内准备全，如果速度太慢赶不上的话，就只好留下。
2.But when the train dawdled at station after station , I began to wonder .
可是过了一站又一站，火车还是慢吞吞的，我心里开始嘀咕了。
3.but receiving no answer, grew tired of the exertion, and dawdled on, yawning as he went, and still looking for George Talboys.
然而，听不到回音，他就懒得费劲了，只是游荡过去，且走且打着哈欠，可仍旧在寻找着乔治•托尔博伊斯。
4.The gentleman he addressed got up, saying in an indolent way, "Oh really? " and dawdled to the hearthrug where Mr. Bounderby stood.
他所叫的这位绅士站了起来，懒洋洋地说道：“呵，真的吗？”然后又慢拖拖地走到壁炉前，庞得贝正站在那儿的地毯上。
5.Critics say while Canada has dawdled , other countries like Australia have been eating our lunch.
批评人士说，当加拿大一直游手好闲时，其他国家如澳大利亚已经吃我们的午餐。
6.The morning ritual of washing and dressing was soothing, and she dawdled over it, sorting through her new outfits from Paris.
早上例行的洗漱，换衣仿佛起点抚平的作用了，她慢吞吞地做着，找自己从巴黎刚买回来的新外套。
7.We've dawdled the whole morning away arguing over the smallest issues!
我们为极小的问题争论，已经浪费了整个上午了！
8.One had a child that dawdled and didn't get ready as soon as he should have.
一个因為有一个懒散的小孩，所以他未能及时的準备妥当。
9.The French economy, which had dawdled last year, got going too, expanding by 1% over the previous quarter.
法国经济去年还是吊儿郎当，今年就斗志昂扬，2011年第一季度产值环比增长了1%。
10.The snail dawdled along the sandy path.
蜗牛在沙径上缓慢爬行。