1·He accused the company of "shameful foot-dragging."
他指责该公司犯有“可耻的故意拖延行为”。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Many of the most damaging crises, by contrast, have resulted from foot-dragging at the top—as appears to be the case with Toyota today.
而与此相对照的是，许多最具破坏性的危机是由于公司高层的拖后腿——现在的丰田公司看起来就是这样的情形。
3·He agreed that police foot-dragging over the affair looked troubling.
他同意警方对此事的拖沓看上去有失透明。
4·She said it addressed the historic US "foot-dragging" over an issue that many Americans believed only affected remote parts of the planet.
她说，这份报告阐述的是历史上有名的美国式“拖延”，而不是一个问题，即美国人相信受影响的仅仅是行星遥远的一部分。
5·Both are dragging their right foot as they walk.
他们都是拖拉着右脚走路。
6·But there are also financial considerations behind the Senate's foot-dragging on ratification.
但参议院迟迟不批条约还有其财政方面的考虑。
7·In theory, they must prove that the EPA's foot-dragging has caused them some specific harm that regulation might remedy-a tall order in a field as fraught with uncertainty as climatology.
理论上说，原告必须要证明，正是由于环保局的迟疑不决，才导致了他们一些具体的损失，这些损失通过采取监控可能挽回——在同气候学一样充满了不确定性的这个领域里，这是一个很苛刻的要求。
8·When one weighs the opposing forces, the elements of space and time, and the sea-land transfer problem, one sees that Churchill’s foot-dragging made sense。
如果我们衡量一下双方的兵力，时间与空间的要素，以及海陆转运问题等时，我们就会明白，邱吉尔迟迟未能采取行动是合情合理的。
9·They moved in procession down the surface of the frozen river, on foot, and dragging their canoes after them on sledges.
在冰冻的河面上他们拖着载有小船的雪橇列队向南步行。
10·My skill did not improve much but I swattered a lot for I had to walk with "four legs" - dragging ski on foot and pushing forward with posts in hands.
我的滑雪技术并没有多少提高，汗倒是出了很多。因为得用“四条腿”滑雪确实很累。两条腿得拖着滑雪板，两臂得用滑雪杆推动身体前进。