sit back and allow the situation to deteriorate; be dilatory and get spoiled; observe the same usual procedure which doesn't work in the case on hand and sit back, while the opportunity is thus lost; procrastinate and let the situation deteriorate; procrastinate until it is too late
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因循: 1.(沿袭) follow; carry on as before; continue in the same old rut 短语和例子因循故辙 heedlessly following the old ruts2.(迟延拖拉) procrastinate 短语和例子因循是失败的根源。 procrastination is the father of failure