Do we stay late at the office to finish a memo, or put it off to the next day, so that we can have dinner with the family?

我们是在当天必须在办公室做一个小的备忘录，还是把它推迟到第二天，这样我们就可以和家人共进晚餐？

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When there's a big task, it's understandable to put it off.

当一项任务量很大的时候，推迟是可以理解的。

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The essay is the hardest thing to do, so he's put it off the longest.

论文是最难的，所以他拖延得最久。

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Yes,it was a buy off. The employee put us at the top of the list for a table instead of making us wait like everyone else.

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And then you, you put it off to the next day and to the next day.

然后你，你往后推一天又推一天。

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And then you realize that you've put on your most expensive pair of shoes this mooring, and if you stop to take them off, it might be too late and the child might drown.

你意识到你正穿着,你最贵的一双鞋，但是，如果你停下来脱鞋，就来不及救这个小孩，小孩可能会溺死。

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Yet despite these statistics, people feel squeamish about the exam and tend to put it off.

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But the longer you put it off, the fewer ticks are left before the bomb goes off.

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But worse case, he could put it off until say, March of 2013.

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