"let's postpone the exam"
"The government bowed to the military pressure"
We all defer to him in these matters.
在这类事情上我们都听他的。
Youth is expected to defer to old age.
一般来说年轻人应该顺从老年人。
They deferred to the old man's advice.
他们听从了老人的建议。
They wouldn't defer to my opinion.
他们不肯听从我的意见。
I defer to your greater knowledge of the matter.
在这件事上,我尊重你更丰富的知识。
I defer to your greater knowledge and experience in such things.
你对这类事情懂得更多,经验更丰富,我听从你的意见。
They had deferred to the great English house on every possible occasion.
他们对那家英格兰商行总是尽可能唯命是从。
defer to wh-clauseWe will defer to whatever the committee decides.
我们遵从委员会作出的任何决定。
defer sth to sbWe defer matters of this kind to him.
我们把这类事情交由他处理。