dally

• vi. 玩弄；闲荡；轻率地对待
• vt. 浪费（时间）
• n. (Dally)人名；(法、葡、英)达利

词源不详。可能来自法语dalier, 自娱自乐，游荡，词源同delay.

dally (v.)

c. 1300, "to talk, converse," possibly from Anglo-French dalier "to amuse oneself," which is of uncertain origin. Sense of "waste time" emerged by late 14c. Related: Dallied; dallying.

1. He did not dally over the choice of a partner.

他没有在选择合伙人的问题上浪费时间。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Don't dally: we must move on.

别耽误时间了,我们得继续赶路.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Don't dilly - dally ! Make up your mind!

别磨蹭了! 拿定主意罢!

来自辞典例句

4. How can you dally with such a serious problem?

你怎么可以轻率地对待如此严肃的问题?

来自辞典例句

5. You should not dally away your time.

你不应该浪费时间.

来自辞典例句