Most of the picnickers took cover when rain seemed imminent. The few that procrastinated got drenched.

大多数野餐的人在看起来即将下雨时就采取挡雨措施。而那些拖延的少数人往往被淋成落汤鸡。

▷procrastinate [prəʊ'kræstɪneɪt]（v.）

【释义】Procrastinate means to put off doing something until a future time. When people sit down to write term papers, they can find all kinds of clever ways to procrastinate: reorganizing the paperclips, calling everyone they know, typing "I am bored" fifty times in a row.

to   something that must be done, often because it is  or 

拖延，耽搁

I  I've got to  with the  at some  - I'm just procrastinating.我知道迟早得解决这个问题——我只是在拖延时间。

▷drench [drentʃ]（v.）

【释义】To drench something is to get it thoroughly wet. You might drench your sister with the garden hose to pay her back for squirting you with her water pistol.

to make someone or something  

使湿透；淋透；浇透

A   had drenched us to the .突如其来的雷阵雨把我们淋透了。

The  were drenched in/with .运动员的汗水湿透了衣服。

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