汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 迁延
迁延 (遷延)
long delay
退却,后退。 徘徊;停留不前貌。 拖延。多指时间上的耽误。 倘佯;自由自在﹑毫无拘束的样子。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

时机已经到来。我已将选择迁延多年。

The time has come. I have put off choosing for years.

乔原应当一星期前做完他的打算,他为什么要成心迁延呢?

Joe should have finished his project a week ago. Why is he dragging his feet?

随着时间的迁延,那些使系统产生变化的规则其自身也产生了变化。

Over time, the rules for change get changed themselves.

多数医者认为本病迁延难愈,且易复发,颇影响患者的生活质量。

Most doctors believe that this disease is difficult to delay to heal, and apt to recur, quite influence the patient's life quality.

迁延蹉跎,来日无多,二十丽姝,请来吻我,衰草枯杨,青春易过。(英国剧作家莎士比亚。W。)

In delay there lies no plenty, Then come kiss me, sweet and twenty, Youth "s a stuff that will not endure. (William Shakespeare, British dramatist)".