tardy

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1. slow,behindhand,Iaggard,late慢的，落后的，迟缓的，迟的。
△Rom. 2. 6. 15:“Too swift arrives as tardy astoo slow.” i. e. Those who are too swift are as late toreach the goal as those who are too slow. The morehaste,the less speed. 太快和太慢，其结果是一样的迟缓。(即：欲速则不达。)
△2H. IV. 4. 3. 31 (28):“These tardytricks of yours will,on my life. / One time or otherbreak some gallows’ back.”i. e. will get you hanged.(His weight would break down the gallows like ahorse’s back. ) 你这种拖延的把戏，我敢说，早晚会让你把绞架压垮的。
2. slow-moving,dilatory行动缓慢的，拖拉的。
△Ham. 34.106:“Do you not come your tardy son to chide.”你是不是来责备你的行动拖拉的儿子。