The boss sacked a dilatory worker.

老板解雇了一个凡事爱拖拉的工人。

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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。

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Many bits of fast consciousness, a bit less dilatory with perfect creed.

多一点快的意识，少一点拖拉和完美主义。

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The commission has since drafted a directive that penalises dilatory and double-charging banks.

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Oh, yes, cite the first amendment: But it is hard to see how you could persuade people that public funding for journalism is a good idea without more robust protection from invasions of privacy, abuses from dilatory or inaccurate reporting, and political bias.

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