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dal·ly /ˈdæli/ verb (dallied, dallying, dallies) [intransitive] 1 SLOWto take too long to do something, especially to make a decision 磨蹭，拖拉 After months of dallying, the government has finally agreed to allow the plan to go ahead. 拖了几个月后，政府终于同意实施这个方案。2 SPEND TIMEto spend some time in a place, on your way to somewhere else 〔途中〕逗留 He dallied in the Lake District for a while, then crossed to Belgium. 他在湖区稍作停留，然后穿过海峡到达比利时。3 dally with somebody/something phrasal verb a) THINK ABOUTto do something or think about something, but not in a very serious way 随便地做；不十分认真地考虑 They’ve dallied with the idea of touring round the world. 他们有过环游世界的念头，但只是想想而已。b) RELATIONSHIP old-fashioned to have a romantic relationship with someone, but not in a serious way 与有…一段随便的感情→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusdally• Marshall complained that lawmakers dallied too long on major legislation.Origin dally (1300-1400) Anglo-French dalierdal·ly verbChineseSyllable long do make to a take Corpus especially to something, to too |