2019年3月27日 星期三

procrastinate, defriend, befriend, aftertaste lingers. fondly



Snowden Case Has Cold War Aftertaste
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
Russia ignored demands by the White House to intercept the N.S.A. leaker and return him to the United States, showing the two countries still have a penchant for that old rivalry from the Soviet era.

Barriers Linger in Kosovo After Accord

Ethnic Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo are facing changes to law enforcement, schools and courts that take effect on Saturday as part of a landmark power-sharing accord. 




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 After his retirement in 1974, Professor Tucker tried to recapture some of the magic of Princeton's mathematics department in the 1940's. He organized a novel oral history project involving hundreds of taped interviews with former faculty members and students. He also procrastinated, his former colleagues recall fondly. His last book, published recently, was in the works for 18 years.
 
Stuart Isett for The New York Times

Breaking Up in a Digital Fishbowl

Debora Spencer at first could not bring herself to defriend her ex-boyfriend, but finally did. After a rejection, the hurt can linger online, witnessed by everyone.



The memories that linger, ten years onEvents to mark the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks are to take place as planned, despite an escalation of the perceived terror threat. Visitors to ground zero are not allowing themselves to be intimidated.


Bush and Obama, Shoulder to Shoulder
By MARK LANDLER and ERIC SCHMITT
The president defined by his response to Sept. 11 stood alongside the one who has tried to take America beyond the lingering, complicated legacy of that day.

Best not to linger until the last elf was out of sight.

linger
(lĭng'gər) pronunciation

v., -gered, -ger·ing, -gers.
v.intr.
  1. To be slow in leaving, especially out of reluctance; tarry. See synonyms at stay1.
  2. To remain feebly alive for some time before dying.
  3. To persist: an aftertaste that lingers.
  4. To proceed slowly; saunter.
  5. To be tardy in acting; procrastinate.
v.tr.
To pass (a period of time) in a leisurely or aimless manner.

[Middle English lengeren, frequentative of lengen, to prolong, from Old English lengan.]
lingerer lin'ger·er n.
lingeringly lin'ger·ing·ly adv.
  • [動](自)[I([副])]
1 (去りかねて)ぐずぐずする, 居残る((about, around, on, behind/over ...)). ⇒LOITER
linger around a coffee shop
喫茶店になんとはなしに長居する.
2 (物思い・楽しみなどに)いつまでもふける[とどまる]((on, upon, over ...)).
3 〈病人が〉細々と生き長らえる;〈病気が〉長引く;〈習慣・疑いなどが〉なかなかなくならない, 残存する((on)).
4 (行動などが)のろい, 遅れる, (…に)手間どる((over, in ...));〈時が〉だらだらしている;ぶらぶら[のろのろ]歩く, 散歩する;〈交通が〉渋滞する
linger over one's work
だらだら仕事する
linger in finishing one's homework
ぐずぐずしてなかなか宿題を終えない.
━━(他)
1 〈時・人生などを〉だらだら[ぐずぐず]過ごす, ゆっくり[のんびり]過ごす((away, out))
I lingered away the afternoon at the pool.
プールで午後をゆっくり過ごした.
2 〈花の〉開花を(人為的に)遅らせる.
[中英語lenger(古英語lengan延ばす+-er). -engは規則的に-ingに変わる. ⇒THINK, WING, ENGLISH. △LONG1

procrastinate[pro・cras・ti・nate]

  • 発音記号[proukrǽstənèit]

[動](自)((形式))(ずぼらで)ぐずぐずする, 行動を引き延ばす.
━━(他)…をぐずぐすと(引き)延ばす.
pro・crás・ti・nà・tor
[名]


別再說拖延症患者懶,我們只是心情不太好

EMILY CHAN

拖延的人不僅能意識到這是在逃避,也多半知道這不是個好主意。但拖延不是一種性格缺陷,也不是對時間管理能力的魔咒,而是我們應對某些任務引發的消極情緒的方式。

fondly[fond・ly]

  • 発音記号[fɑ'ndli | fɔ'nd-]

[副]
1 優しく, 愛情を込めて.
2 軽々しく, 甘く, たわいなく, 愚かにも.




aftertaste

Pronunciation: /ˈɑːftəteɪst/

Definition of aftertaste

noun

a taste remaining in the mouth after eating or drinking something:the wine had a bitter aftertaste figurativewe concluded many exchanges in uneasy fashion, leaving behind a sour aftertaste

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