dally
v
(pt, pp dallied)
1 [I, Ipr] ~ (over sth) waste time 浪费时间
Come on. Don't dally! 好了, 别浪费时间了!
She dallies over her work and rarely finishes it. 她工作吊儿郎当, 很少能把工作做完.
2 (phr v) dally with sb/sth treat sb/sth frivolously 戏弄、 玩弄某人[某事物]
She merely dallied with him/his affections, ie flirted with him without really caring for him. 她只是玩弄他[他的感情]. dally with sth think about (an idea, etc) but not seriously (不认真地)考虑(意见等)
dally with a proposal 马马虎虎考虑一项提议.
Over 5,000 hours of work went into this software, and today it's my privilege to bring it to you.
这种软件的研制超过5000工作小时,今天我很荣辛地向你们展示它。
The hardened professional smuggler, on the other hand, is never troubled by such feelings, even if he has five hundred gold watches hidden in his suitcase.