tardy

US [ˈtɑrdi]
UK [ˈtɑː(r)di]
  • adj.行动缓慢的；拖拉的；迟缓的；迟到的
  • Web迟延的；迟的
Comparative Degree：tardier  Superlative：tardiest  Plural Form：tardies  

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tardy
adj.
1.
~ (in doing sth)
行动缓慢的；拖拉的；迟缓的；迟到的slow to act, move or happen; late in happening or arriving
The law is often tardy in reacting to changing attitudes.
法律对变化中的观念常常反应迟缓。
people who are tardy in paying their bills
拖延付账的人
to be tardy for school
上学迟到

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Definition:
AllAll,行动缓慢的行动缓慢的,拖拉的拖拉的,迟缓的迟缓的,迟到的迟到的,迟延的迟延的,迟的迟的
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But he also tends to be forgetful, and is often tardy and mercurial.
但是他很健忘，动作老是慢一拍，脾气也反复无常。
dàn shì tā hěn jiàn wàng , dòng zuò lǎo shì màn yī pāi , pí qi yě fǎn fù wú cháng 。
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2.
At Potsdam, he was tardy again and quick to tell journalists that he intended to leave early.
在波茨坦，他依然拖沓并且很快就告诉记者们他要早走。
zài bō cí tǎn , tā yī rán tuō tà bìng qiě hěn kuài jiù gào su jì zhě men tā yào zǎo zǒu 。
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3.
My message is only a tardy un- homing sail that bear up for you.
我的短信亦只能是一艘向你行进却迟迟没有归航的船只。
wǒ de duǎn xìn yì zhǐ néng shì yī sōu xiàng nǐ xíng jìn què chí chí méi yǒu guī háng de chuán zhī 。
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It is of its own complicated cause that the study of literary history is, for a quite long period, tardy in progress.
文学史研究在相当长的时间内趑趄不前，有它深刻的学术史内部原因。
wén xué shǐ yán jiū zài xiāng dāng cháng de shí jiān nèi zī qiè bù qián , yǒu tā shēn kè de xué shù shǐ nèi bù yuán yīn 。
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5.
The shot of a rifle loses its sharpness in the moist air, and its smoke moves in a tardy little cloud towards the green rise.
枪弹在这雨天里失去了锐音，它的硝烟像一朵小云彩，向那青青的山冈缓缓飘去。
qiāng dàn zài zhè yǔ tiān lǐ shī qù le ruì yīn , tā de xiāo yān xiàng yī duǒ xiǎo yún cai , xiàng nà qīng qīng de shān gāng huǎn huǎn piāo qù 。
6.
He was often tardy, and the last straw was him being late for her best friend's 40th birthday party.
他经常拖拉，最后的一次令她实在忍无可忍了，那是他在她最好的朋友40岁生日派对时迟到。
tā jīng cháng tuō lā , zuì hòu de yī cì lìng tā shí zài rěn wú kě rěn le , nà shì tā zài tā zuì hǎo de péng yǒu sì shí suì shēng rì pài duì shí chí dào 。
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Around 25, 000 people are thought to have perished and there was a public outcry over the then government's tardy response.
据称有大约25000人因此死亡，并引发公众对于政府后继反应迟缓的猛烈抨击。
jù chēng yǒu dà yuē liǎng wàn wǔ qiān rén yīn cǐ sǐ wáng , bìng yǐn fā gōng zhòng duì yú zhèng fǔ hòu jì fǎn yìng chí huǎn de měng liè pēng jī 。
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8.
They look up and laugh at me, always tardy, a child still at thirty-six.
他们抬头看了看我，在他们眼里，我像一个总喜欢迟到的三十六岁的大孩子。
tā men tái tóu kàn le kàn wǒ , zài tā men yǎn lǐ , wǒ xiàng yī gè zǒng xǐ huan chí dào de sān shí liù suì de dà hái zi 。
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9.
But it might make more sense for you to shift to the tardy one.
但你转向迟到的均衡状态或许更明智。
dàn nǐ zhuǎn xiàng chí dào de jūn héng zhuàng tài huò xǔ gèng míng zhì 。
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10.
We have so many ways to relay a message that we're going to be tardy that we no longer feel guilty about it .
我们有太多方式向对方传达将要迟到的信息，所以就不再为迟到感到愧疚了。
wǒ men yǒu tài duō fāng shì xiàng duì fāng chuán dá jiāng yào chí dào de xìn xī , suǒ yǐ jiù bú zài wèi chí dào gǎn dào kuì jiù le 。
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