They dawdled along by the river, laughing and talking.

他们沿河边闲逛，一路谈笑风生。

She dawdled away the whole afternoon.

她浪费掉整整一个下午。

The snail dawdled along the sandy path.

蜗牛在沙径上缓慢爬行。

The pupil dawdled all the way to school.

这名小学生一路上游游荡荡去上学。

Billy dawdled behind her all morning.

比利整个上午都跟在她后面闲混。

Patty dawdled away four years in college.

帕蒂在大学里混了四年。

You've dawdled the whole morning away, playing CARDS.

整整一个上午你们都在打牌中混过去了。

The job hunter dawdled all morning but achieved nothing.

这个找工作的人闲混了一个上午，一无所获。

He dawdled nervously toward the door, wishing to melt away.

他心神不宁地慢慢向门口倒退，恨不得一下子化为乌有。

We've dawdled the whole morning away arguing over the smallest issues!

我们为极小的问题争论，已经浪费了整个上午了！

But when the train dawdled at station after station, I began to wonder.

然而这次火车懒懒散散，站站停靠，这时我才开始生疑。

One had a child that dawdled and didn't get ready as soon as he should have.

一个因为有一个懒散的小孩，所以他未能及时的准备妥当。

The French economy, which had dawdled last year, got going too, expanding by 1% over the previous quarter.

法国经济去年还是吊儿郎当，今年就斗志昂扬，2011年第一季度产值环比增长了1%。

The morning ritual of washing and dressing was soothing, and she dawdled over it, sorting through her new outfits from Paris.

早上例行的洗漱，换衣仿佛起点抚平的作用了，她慢吞吞地做着，找自己从巴黎刚买回来的新外套。

The gentleman he addressed got up, saying in an indolent way, "Oh really?" and dawdled to the hearthrug where Mr. Bounderby stood.

他所叫的这位绅士站了起来，懒洋洋地说道：“呵，真的吗？”然后又慢拖拖地走到壁炉前，庞得贝正站在那儿的地毯上。

Refuse to recap meetings for someone who arrives late, which both encourages those who showed up on time and penalizes those who dawdled.

如果有人开会迟到，不要特地为他们回述会议要点，这既能鼓励及时出席的员工，又惩罚了那些拖拖拉拉的人。

It didn't even really have any scientific or practical purpose - Zhai basically dawdled around for twenty minutes, retrieved a few experimental samples, and waved the Chinese flag.

翟志刚只是在外晃了二十分钟，提取了几个实验样本，并挥舞了中国国旗。