postpone
英 [pəˈspəʊn]
美 [poʊˈspoʊn]
v. 延迟; 延期; 展缓
过去分词：postponed 过去式：postponed 第三人称单数：postpones 现在分词：postponing
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同义词辨析
deferadjourndelaypostponeput off【导航词义：推迟】
deferv. 推迟，延期
〔辨析〕
较正式用词，多指故意拖延。
〔例证〕
The students would like to defer their discussion until next Monday afternoon.
学生们想把讨论会推迟到下星期一下午进行。
The bank agreed to defer their payments for four months.
银行同意他们延期4个月付款。
Hand in your proposal as soon as possible - you have deferred too long.
尽快提交你的议案——你拖延得太久了。
学生们想把讨论会推迟到下星期一下午进行。
The bank agreed to defer their payments for four months.
银行同意他们延期4个月付款。
Hand in your proposal as soon as possible - you have deferred too long.
尽快提交你的议案——你拖延得太久了。
adjournv. 休（会），休（庭），延期
〔辨析〕
指会议休会、法庭休庭或审判延期。
〔例证〕
The meeting is adjourned for an unknown reason.
会议莫名其妙地休会了。
It was almost 10 o'clock when the court adjourned.
法庭休庭的时候差不多已经10点了。
The trial will be adjourned until June.
审判将推迟到6月。
会议莫名其妙地休会了。
It was almost 10 o'clock when the court adjourned.
法庭休庭的时候差不多已经10点了。
The trial will be adjourned until June.
审判将推迟到6月。
delayv. （使）推迟，耽搁
〔辨析〕
多指由于外在原因而推迟或耽误，有时也指有意推迟。
〔例证〕
The rain delayed the opening ceremony for one hour.
大雨使开幕式延迟了1个小时。
The board decided to delay their vacation until next week.
董事会决定把休假推迟到下周。
Don't delay - homework right now!
别拖了，现在就写作业！
大雨使开幕式延迟了1个小时。
The board decided to delay their vacation until next week.
董事会决定把休假推迟到下周。
Don't delay - homework right now!
别拖了，现在就写作业！
postponev. 延迟，延缓
〔辨析〕
多指有计划地延期，通常会明确延期到何时。
〔例证〕
They planned to postpone their trip until the spring.
他们打算把旅行推迟到春天。
Nokia has postponed the release of its new product.
诺基亚已经推迟了新产品的发布。
他们打算把旅行推迟到春天。
Nokia has postponed the release of its new product.
诺基亚已经推迟了新产品的发布。
put offphr.v. 推迟，延期
〔辨析〕
尤指因出现问题或不想现在做某事而推迟，作此义解时常可与 delay 换用。
〔例证〕
The sports meeting has been put off/delayed until tomorrow due to bad weather.
由于天气恶劣，运动会推迟到明天举行。
The meeting has been put off/delayed until next week so that more people can attend.
为了使更多的人可以参加，此次会议已推迟到下周。
由于天气恶劣，运动会推迟到明天举行。
The meeting has been put off/delayed until next week so that more people can attend.
为了使更多的人可以参加，此次会议已推迟到下周。
牛津词典
verb
- 延迟；延期；展缓
to arrange for an event, etc. to take place at a later time or date- The game has already been postponed three times.
这场比赛已经三度延期了。 - We'll have to postpone the meeting until next week.
我们将不得不把会议推迟到下周举行。 - It was an unpopular decision to postpone building the new hospital.
延迟兴建新医院的决定是不得人心的。
- The game has already been postponed three times.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 推迟；使延期；延缓
If youpostponean event, you delay it or arrange for it to take place at a later time than was originally planned.- He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day...
他决定把探险推迟到第二天。 - The visit has now been postponed indefinitely.
参观现在已经被无限期推迟了。
- He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day...
英英释义
verb
- hold back to a later time
- let's postpone the exam
双语例句
- I'm afraid I have to postpone my appointment with the President tomorrow.
恐怕我得推迟明天与总裁的约会。 - Let's postpone making a decision until we have more information.
咱们在获取更多情报之后再作决定不迟。 - I had to postpone ideas of a career and stay at home.
我不得不暂缓就业打算，呆在家里。 - We'll have to postpone it. I'm busy today.
我们要延期了。我今天很忙。 - So be it. I have no choice but to postpone a couple of consumption plan.
可吗，我有几个消费计划都延迟了呢！ - We can't postpone it, either?
我们也不能推迟吗？ - I wonder whether we can postpone our meeting?
我想知道我们是否能推迟会面呢？ - He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day
他决定把探险推迟到第二天。 - I think I shall have to postpone our little chat.
我想我得把我们的聊天推迟一下。 - We have to postpone sending our answer to the request.
我们不得不暂缓寄出对申请书的答复。