单词foot-dragging
n.: 拖延
网络: 拖拉；拖拖拉拉；故意延迟
懒散
〔美俚〕迟疑不决,拖延
Even before the turmoil, Iran signalled it had tired of western foot-dragging and was likely to favour Chinese oil companies.
早在动乱前，伊朗就发出信号称，它已经厌倦了西方的犹豫不决，有可能会偏向中国的石油公司。
She said it addressed the historic US "foot-dragging" over an issue that many Americans believed only affected remote parts of the planet.
她说，这份报告阐述的是历史上有名的美国式“拖延”，而不是一个问题，即美国人相信受影响的仅仅是行星遥远的一部分。
Barack Obama recently signed a ground-breaking free-trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea, after years of Washington foot-dragging.
在经历了华盛顿多年磨洋工之后，奥巴马最近与韩国签署了一项突破性的自由贸易协定（FTA：Free-TradeAgreement）。
He was expecting German foot-dragging. She stunned him with a proposal: a euro-zone rescue fund of 500 billion euros.
萨科奇以为德国会拖延，默克尔却提出一个令他震惊的提议：成立5000亿欧元的欧元区救助基金。
When it comes to a fissile-material ban, foot-dragging roles are reversed, with Pakistan the chief hold-out, saving India the bother.
当谈到禁止核裂变材料时，巴基斯坦一改拖泥带水习惯，根本用不着麻烦印度，肯定第一个同意。
Mr. Paulson, by then, had become frustrated with what he perceived as Mr. Fuld"s foot-dragging.
到那时，福尔德的迟疑不决已经让保尔森不再对其抱有幻想了。
That is the sort of foot-dragging that gives gradualism a bad name.
这种拖拖拉拉的做法，还被冠以渐进主义的美名。
The practitioners say that the need for action is now urgent, but given the Government"s foot-dragging, they are worried and sceptical.
中医医生们表示，现在迫切需要采取行动，但由于政府的拖拉，他们对此表示担忧和怀疑。
He agreed that police foot-dragging over the affair looked troubling.
他承认警方在该事件上的拖拖拉拉让人烦恼。
It shows a spectacular amount of foot-dragging that more office apps are only following a decade later.
这显示出出大量的技术拖延问题，更多的Office应用程序仅在10年后才能出现。