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drag /dræg/► SEE ALLdrag your feet/heelsdrag/pull yourself up by your (own) bootstraps
●drag your ˈfeet/ˈheelsdo sth very slowly or delay doing sth because you do not want to do it 故意拖拉；磨洋工◆How much longer will the government go on dragging its feet about whether to invest more money in the railways?
在是否对铁路增加投资的问题上政府究竟还要拖延多久？●drag/pull yourself up by your (own) ˈbootstraps (informal) improve your situation yourself, without help from other people 自力更生◆Nobody helped her get where she is today — she pulled herself up by her own bootstraps.她取得今天的成就没有靠他人帮忙，而是全靠自己的努力。 |