【跟着英剧练发音】The Paradise S01E02- C

 Moray: What is it, Denise?

Denise: I'm sorry, sir, I wasn't dawdling¹.

Moray: You were watching those ladies. What were you thinking?

Denise: Nothing, sir, I...Only, it came into my mind that...No.

Moray: Yes, yes, yes. Go on.

Denise: "Miss Paradise Pink ", the prettiest lady wearingone of our flowers might be given a prize and declared as...

Moray: "Miss Paradise Pink ". To celebrate a lady's loveliness. What woman wouldn't want it?

Denise: It would bring them into the store, just to see who else is here, who elsebelieves they might win.

Moray: The whole store, buzzing with beautiful women, eachtrying to be more glittering than the rest. How clever, Denise, what a wonderful idea! We must doit.

1 dawdling   

adj.闲逛的，懒散的v.混（时间）( dawdle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Stop dawdling! We're going to be late! 别磨蹭了，咱们快迟到了！
• It was all because of your dawdling that we were late. 都是你老磨蹭，害得我们迟到了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》