- tardy (in doing something)
slow to act, move or happen; late in happening or arriving 行动缓慢的;拖拉的;迟缓的;迟到的 The law is often tardy in reacting to changing attitudes. 法律对变化中的观念常常反应迟缓。 people who are tardy in paying their bills 拖延付账的人 - (North American English)
to be tardy for school 上学迟到 The government’s tardy response to the situation has exacerbated matters. 政府对形势的迟缓反应加剧了事态的恶化。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryTardy is used with these nouns:- bell
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French tardif, -ive, from Latin tardus ‘slow’.