The government, he claimed, was dragging its feet.是什么意思？

The government, he claimed, was dragging its feet.

他声称政府在故意拖延。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

government

n. 政府，政体，治理的形式，管辖，治理；

例句
The government is to accelerate its privatisation programme.
政府将加快其私有化计划的进程。

he

pron. 他，它，一个人；n. 雄性动物；

例句
Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.
最终理智占了上风，他打消了那个念头。

claimed

v. 要求（应得权利）( claim的过去式和过去分词 )，声称，需要，夺走；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

was

v. 用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质（ be的过去式 ），在，存在，不受干扰；

例句
There was a terrible sadness in her eyes...
她眼神中流露出深深的悲伤。

dragging

adj. 拖曳用的，拖延的；v. （使…）在地上拖拉，慢吞吞地走，磨蹭( drag的现在分词 )，拖，打捞，（用鼠标）拖动；

例句
...the negotiations which have been dragging along interminably...
一直在无休止拖延的谈判

its

pron. (it的所有格形式)它的，厥；

例句
The government is to accelerate its privatisation programme.
政府将加快其私有化计划的进程。

feet

n. 脚( foot的名词复数 )，底部，英尺(=12 英寸或 30.48 厘米)，脚步；

例句
Nott and Dickinson set a new altitude record when they ascended 55,900 feet in their balloon.
诺特和迪金森乘坐热气球上升了55，900英尺，创造了一项新的高度纪录。