英 [ˈtɑːdinəs] 美 [ˈtɑːrdinəs]
n. 缓慢，迟延
the quality or habit of not adhering to a correct or usual or expected time
亏值-引用次数：1
参考来源三元序链的优化方法
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8）拖期时间（Tardiness）：迟滞时间的正值，如果一个任务在交货期之 前完成，则其迟滞时间为负，而其拖期时间为零，即该任务没有拖期。
tardiness 拖拉，延迟 through rose-tinted spectacles 透过玫瑰色的眼镜看某物（只看到事物美好的一面） .
tardy 缓慢的，迟缓的；迟到的
tardigrade 缓步类的；行动缓慢的
tardily 缓慢地；拖延地
tardy 迟到
tardigrade 缓步类动物
His legendary tardiness left audiences waiting for hours.
他迟到是出了名的，让观众等了好几个小时。
She'll let me get away with a little tardiness.
她会允许我有一些拖拉，不是吗？
This tardiness is a symptom of two deeper problems.
该机姗姗来迟兆示两个更深的问题。
Participants frown upon late arrivals, and some data-obsessed engineers have even computed the costs of tardiness.
WSJ: No More Angling for the Best Seat; More Meetings Are Stand-Up Jobs
The bus he had to take ran erratically, and he was fired for repeated tardiness.
She did not, it turned out, want to know I found her habitual tardiness and long lunches demoralizing.