据 韦氏词典，procrastinate指“故意或习惯性地拖延”、“故意推迟应该要做的事”。从词源上看，英语使用者在16世纪从拉丁语“procrastinatus”中借用了这个词。在拉丁语中，前缀“pro”是“转而、转至”的意思，“crastinus”则意为“明天的”。原来早在几百年前，古人就为“推迟到明天”创造了一个 ...

拖延症是会传染的。 Procrastination is contagious. 英文里除了procrastinate，这些短语也可以表示“拖延”、“耽搁”： 1. Hold off事情不抓紧做，“延迟”、“推迟”都可以用这个短语表示。 Let's hold off making a decision until next week. 我们延到下周再作决定吧。 2.

We may fall into a “trap” of wanting something to feel special, which causes us to delay enjoying it now, research suggests.

Why do people procrastinate? We’ll hear from a comedian who likes to leave their work until the last minute, and as usual, we’ll be learning some new vocabulary as well. Let me guess, it’s ...

3. Having Low Self-Worth To the same extent that anxiety and confusion can make us procrastinate on a task, overall low-self esteem can function the same way.

Why We Procrastinate and How to Stop Published Dec 09, 2008 at 7:00 PM EST Updated Mar 13, 2010 at 6:36 PM EST By Newsweek Staff Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member ...

It’s no wonder people procrastinate so often. It’s such a tempting option! It seems so easy in the moment, so simple. Just…delay. Do it later, when you have more brainspace.