foot-dragging

美 　英

• n.拖延
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)拖拉；拖拖拉拉；故意延遲

英漢解釋

n.	1. 〈美俚〉遲疑不決,拖延

例句

Even before the turmoil, Iran signalled it had tired of western foot-dragging and was likely to favour Chinese oil companies.

早在動(dòng)亂前，伊朗就發(fā)出信號(hào)稱(chēng)，它已經(jīng)厭倦了西方的猶豫不決，有可能會(huì)偏向中國(guó)的石油公司。

She said it addressed the historic US "foot-dragging" over an issue that many Americans believed only affected remote parts of the planet.

她說(shuō)，這份報(bào)告闡述的是歷史上有名的美國(guó)式“拖延”，而不是一個(gè)問(wèn)題，即美國(guó)人相信受影響的僅僅是行星遙遠(yuǎn)的一部分。

Barack Obama recently signed a ground-breaking free-trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea, after years of Washington foot-dragging.

在經(jīng)歷了華盛頓多年磨洋工之后，奧巴馬最近與韓國(guó)簽署了一項(xiàng)突破性的自由貿(mào)易協(xié)定（FTA：Free-TradeAgreement）。

He was expecting German foot-dragging. She stunned him with a proposal: a euro-zone rescue fund of 500 billion euros.

薩科奇以為德國(guó)會(huì)拖延，默克爾卻提出一個(gè)令他震驚的提議：成立5000億歐元的歐元區(qū)救助基金。

When it comes to a fissile-material ban, foot-dragging roles are reversed, with Pakistan the chief hold-out, saving India the bother.

當(dāng)談到禁止核裂變材料時(shí)，巴基斯坦一改拖泥帶水習(xí)慣，根本用不著麻煩印度，肯定第一個(gè)同意。

Mr. Paulson, by then, had become frustrated with what he perceived as Mr. Fuld's foot-dragging.

到那時(shí)，福爾德的遲疑不決已經(jīng)讓保爾森不再對(duì)其抱有幻想了。

That is the sort of foot-dragging that gives gradualism a bad name.

這種拖拖拉拉的做法，還被冠以漸進(jìn)主義的美名。

The practitioners say that the need for action is now urgent, but given the Government's foot-dragging, they are worried and sceptical.

中醫(yī)醫(yī)生們表示，現(xiàn)在迫切需要采取行動(dòng)，但由于政府的拖拉，他們對(duì)此表示擔(dān)憂和懷疑。

He agreed that police foot-dragging over the affair looked troubling.

他承認(rèn)警方在該事件上的拖拖拉拉讓人煩惱。

It shows a spectacular amount of foot-dragging that more office apps are only following a decade later.

這顯示出出大量的技術(shù)拖延問(wèn)題，更多的Office應(yīng)用程序僅在10年后才能出現(xiàn)。

We're tired of the foot-dragging and the incremental approach to developing renewable energy.

我們很疲憊的拖延和漸進(jìn)的方式來(lái)發(fā)展可再生能源。

The move signalled a break with George Bush's foot-dragging and hinted at grander things to come.

該舉動(dòng)標(biāo)志著他與喬治布什遲疑不決的態(tài)度截然不同，并暗示著將來(lái)還會(huì)有更大舉措。

The activists are also sensitive about foreign criticism of China's foot-dragging on greenery.

這些活動(dòng)人士對(duì)國(guó)外對(duì)中國(guó)在環(huán)保方面拉后腿的批評(píng)也很敏感。

But there are also financial considerations behind the Senate's foot-dragging on ratification.

但參議院遲遲不批條約還有其財(cái)政方面的考慮。

What some call foot-dragging Mrs Merkel regards as creative obstruction.

本許多人認(rèn)為拖拉的默克爾將此視為創(chuàng)造性阻礙。

There is talk of installing EU officials at Greek ministries where the most foot-dragging has occurred.

有說(shuō)法稱(chēng)將給希臘最遲疑不決的部門(mén)調(diào)任一些歐盟官員。

WTO Director General P. L. says there has been enough foot-dragging for dragging. He says now it is the time for action.

世界貿(mào)易組織總干事…說(shuō)這件事件已經(jīng)被拖延的太厲害了，他說(shuō)現(xiàn)在是行動(dòng)的時(shí)間了。

WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy says there has been enough foot-dragging.

世貿(mào)組織總干事拉米表示，多哈回合已經(jīng)拖延得太久了。

WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy says there has been enough foot-dragging . He says now it is time for action.

國(guó)際貿(mào)易組織總干事PascalLamy說(shuō)拖延已經(jīng)足夠多了.他說(shuō)現(xiàn)在是時(shí)候行動(dòng)了。

The inquiry should be thorough and objective, while working fast enough to avoid any suspicion of foot - dragging(Economist)

調(diào)查應(yīng)該詳盡而客觀，同時(shí)要高效率地工作以防別人懷疑我們拖泥帶水（經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家）