He dawdles the hours away watching television .

他把时间都荒废在看电视上了。

The snail dawdles very slowly forward .

蜗牛慢吞吞地向前移动。

To catch up with the us , china will have to grow extremely fast while the us economy dawdles , which most economists believe is unlikely , said the article .

要赶上美国，要中国极速发展而美国经济停滞不前，而大多数经济学家认为这不可能。