tardy

1. ADJ If someone or something is tardy, they do something later than expected or later than they should. 遲的

I was as tardy as ever for the afternoon appointments. 和以往一樣，下午的那些約見我又晚了。

...companies who are tardy in paying bills. ...付賬拖拉的公司。

2. tardinessN-UNCOUNT

His legendary tardiness left audiences waiting for hours. 他遲到是出了名的，讓觀衆(zhòng)等了好幾個(gè)小時(shí)。