English Dictionary

procrastinate

/pɹəʊˈkɹæs.tɪ.neɪt/

verb

(intransitive) To delay taking action; to wait until later. / (transitive) To put off; to delay (something).

I always procrastinate when it comes to doing my homework.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To delay taking action; to wait until later.

He procrastinated until the last minute and had to stay up all night to finish.

意味（2）

(transitive) To put off; to delay (something).

Hence It became manifest to the publishers of Webster, that some device must be resorted to, to induce apathy in the publick mind, and thereby procrastinate the inevitable crisis which they foresaw was approaching, the expulsion of his elementary works from our primary schools.