After a pause he added 'sir' in a dilatory, grudging way.

停了一会他才慢吞吞地、勉勉强强地加了一声" 先生" 。

His letter was soon dispatched; for though dilatory in undertaking business, he was quick in its execution.

他把那封回信立刻寄出去；虽然做事喜欢拖延，要他肯动手，倒也完成得很快。

I've got a complaint that makes me a little dilatory.

我有一个抱怨让我有点拖延。

I am a poor and dilatory correspondent and Isabel was no letter writer.

我一个贫穷而拖延的记者， 而伊莎贝尔不写信人。

Several times I have lost the entire crop in a freeze through my dilatory fondness.

有好几次，由于我拖延的喜爱，我在冻结中失去了整个庄稼。

They are laggardly or dilatory about using their minds for active listening.

他们在运用头脑积极倾听方面表现迟缓或拖延。

It was notorious that any fool could pass the examinations of the Bar Council, and he pursued his studies in a dilatory fashion.

众所，任何傻子都以通过律师委员会的考试， 因此他拖延了学业。

At the moment there could have been nothing more natural than that Ned should dash himself from the roof in the pursuit of dilatory tradesmen.

眼下，内德为了追赶拖延的商人而从屋顶上跳下来再自然不过了。

His family knew him to be on all common occasions, a most negligent and dilatory correspondent, but at such a time, they had hoped for exertion.

家里人本来道他一向懒得写信，能够拖延总拖延；但在这样的时候，她们都希望他能够勉为其难一些。

He always moved with the alertness of a mind which could neither be undecided nor dilatory, but now he seemed more sudden than usual in his disappearance.

他总带着一种既不能犹豫不决，也不能拖延的头脑的警觉来移动，但现在他的消失似乎比平时更突然。

But although he was an efficient organizer, McClellan proved to be dilatory in executing his plans, tended to overestimate the strength of the forces opposed to him, and was smitten, besides, with an overweening egotism.

但，尽管麦克莱伦一个高效的组织者，但事实证明，他在执行他的计划时拖延的，往往高估了反对他的力量，此外，他还被一种过度的自负所打击。