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；虽喜欢拖延，可是只要他肯动手，倒也完成得很快。

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

我有一个抱怨我有点拖延。

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

我是一个贫穷而拖延的记者， 而伊莎贝尔不是写信人。

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。

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

众所周知，任何傻子都可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.

家里人本来知道他一向懒得写信，能够拖延总是拖延；但是在这样的时候，她们都希望他能够勉为其难一些。