tardy是什麽意思

tardy

英 ['tɑːdɪ] 美 ['tɑrdi]

1. 諧音“遢地、拖地”----拖遢地。

tardy 緩慢的，遲緩的

來自拉丁語 tardus,緩慢的，詞源同 retard.

tardy: tardy: see bustard
tardy (adj.): 1520s, "slow," from Old French tardif "slow, late" (12c.), also the name of the snail character in the Roman de Renart, from Vulgar Latin *tardivus, from Latin tardus "slow, sluggish; late; dull, stupid," of unknown origin. Meaning "late" in English is from 1660s.
This word, not much used in English prose, is constantly employed in the U.S. and in Canada with reference to lateness in school-attendance. [Thornton, "American Glossary," 1912]
Related: Tardily; tardiness. Earlier form of the word in English was tardif, tardyve (late 15c.). Tardity "slowness of movement or action" is recorded in English from early 15c., from Old French tardete, from Latin tarditas.

1. The agency was heavily criticised for its tardy response to the hurricane.: 該機構因對颶風反應遲緩，受到嚴厲批評。

2. I was as tardy as ever for the afternoon appointments.: 和以往一樣，下午的約見我又遲到了。

3. The law is often tardy in reacting to changing attitudes.: 法律對變化中的觀念常常反應遲緩。