dally
v
(pt, pp dallied)
1 [I, Ipr] ~ (over sth) waste time 浪费时间
Come on. Don't dally! 好了, 别浪费时间了!
She dallies over her work and rarely finishes it. 她工作吊儿郎当, 很少能把工作做完.
2 (phr v) dally with sb/sth treat sb/sth frivolously 戏弄、 玩弄某人[某事物]
She merely dallied with him/his affections, ie flirted with him without really caring for him. 她只是玩弄他[他的感情]. dally with sth think about (an idea, etc) but not seriously (不认真地)考虑(意见等)
dally with a proposal 马马虎虎考虑一项提议.
No, thank you. But it was very kind of you to offer.
不用了,谢谢。承蒙您好意提出。
He loved to be told that one of his imaginary products was temporarily out of stock and he would faithfully promise to call again at some future date, but of course he never did.