[no obj.]delay or postpone action; put off doing something 耽搁;延期,推迟 the temptation will be to procrastinate until the power struggle plays itself out. 诱惑将是一直拖到权力斗争无力再进行下去为止。
late 16th cent.: from Latin procrastinat- 'deferred till the morning', from the verb procrastinare, from pro- 'forward' + crastinus 'belonging to tomorrow' (from cras 'tomorrow')
用法
On the difference between procrastinate and prevaricate, see usage at prevaricate