He accused the company of "shameful foot-dragging."

他指责该公司犯有“可耻的故意拖延行为”。

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Many of the most damaging crises, by contrast, have resulted from foot-dragging at the top—as appears to be the case with Toyota today.

而与此相对照的是，许多最具破坏性的危机是由于公司高层的拖后腿——现在的丰田公司看起来就是这样的情形。

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He agreed that police foot-dragging over the affair looked troubling.

他同意警方对此事的拖沓看上去有失透明。

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The rights group says the government's foot-dragging on calls for justice for the victims of post-election violence threatens to undermine Kenya's stability and impede future economic development.

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The IRS anticipates that all of this foot dragging will delay tax filings for 2013.

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Last week, they forced a rare closed meeting of the Senate to look into foot dragging over investigating pre-war intelligence.

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Still, the news of Interpublic's hire was surprising, given all the foot dragging that's surrounded what has been dubbed the "Rainbow DBS" service.

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