procrastinate

动词 procrastinate:

1. postpone doing what one should be doing
   同义词：stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally
2. postpone or delay needlessly

1. He procrastinated until it was too late to do anything at all.
   他因循坐误，一事无成。

pro.cras.ti.nate

v.（动词）
pro.cras.ti.nat.ed,pro.cras.ti.nat.ing,pro.cras.ti.nates
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness.
推迟：拖延做某事，尤指出于习惯性的粗心或懒散
v.tr.（及物动词）
To postpone or delay needlessly.
拖延：无必要地推迟或拖延

来源：
Latin prôcr3stin3re prôcr3stin3t-
拉丁语 prôcr3stin3re prôcr3stin3t-
prô- [forward] * see pro-
prô- [向前] *参见 pro-
cr3stinus [of tomorrow] from cr3s [tomorrow]
cr3stinus [明天的] 源自 cr3s [明天]

【引伸】
procras.tina.tion
n.（名词）
procras.tina.tor
n.（名词）