глагол откладывать, отсрочивать; мешкать Например: procrastinate the time — тянуть время While we procrastinate, a fatal stroke may intervene. — Пока мы мешкаем, может произойти роковое событие. Синоним(ы): dally, dawdle, dilly-dally, lag, loiter, tarry Антоним(ы): decide, persevere, quicken
отсрочивать; оттягивать
verb (-nated; -nating) Etymology: Latin procrastinatus, past participle of procrastinare, from pro- forward + crastinus of tomorrow, from cras tomorrow transitive verb to put off intentionally and habitually intransitive verb to put off intentionally the doing of something that should be done Synonyms: see delay • procrastination noun • procrastinator noun