postpone

英[pə'spəʊn] 美[poʊ'spoʊn]
  • vt. 延期;推迟
postponable postponement postponed postponed postponing postpones
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  • postage n.邮费;邮资已付邮戳
    v. (动词)
    1. 【医】延缓发作,延迟发作
    2. 搁置,搁一搁,搁延
    3. 把...视为次要,把...放在次要地位
    4. 【语法】把放在后面
    5. 使延期,延迟,延缓,推迟,延后,顺延,缓办,暂缓
    v. (动词)
    1. vt. 延期,推迟 arrange sth at a later time; defer sth

英英释义

Verb:
  1. hold back to a later time;

    "let's postpone the exam"

1. 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。

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2. Ministers are using delaying tactics to postpone the report yet again.
部长们再次使用拖延战术来推后报告的时间。

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3. It is totally out of the question to postpone the midnight deadline.
想要推迟午夜的最后期限是完全不可能的。

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4. He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day.
他决定把探险推迟到第二天。

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5. It won't hurt to postpone the matter for a few days.
此事耽搁几天无所影响.

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    用作及物动词 (vt.)
    1. The weather being bad, we had to postpone our trip.
      因为天气不好,我们不得不延期出行。
    2. She did not postpone her departure.
      她不再延迟她的行期。
    3. Can we postpone the meeting till tomorrow?
      我们可以把会议延到明天吗?
    4. The commander decided to postpone the big push until the spring.
      指挥官决定把大规模的进攻推迟到春天进行。
    5. We agree to postpone the shipping date, considering (that) there is no steamer recently.
      由于(考虑到)最近无船,我们同意推迟装期。
    6. Our financial situation is still precarious if we postpone the release of the new product.
      如果我们推迟发布新产品的话,我们的财政状况仍然岌岌可危。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作及物动词 S+~+ n./pron.
    1. They've postponed the meeting.
      他们已推迟了会议。
    2. We have to postpone the sports meet because of the unfavourable weather.
      由于天气不好,我们只得将运动会推迟。
    3. We're postponing our holiday till August.
      我们的假期将推迟到8月。
    4. The mother postponed all other business to the task of smoothing her crying child.
      母亲放下一切别的事情,先去抚慰哭叫着的孩子。
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    6. The flight had been postponed until eleven o'clock.
      该航班已被推迟到11点钟。
    7. The lecture has been postponed to Wednesday.
      讲座已被延期到星期三举行。
    8. The German verb is postponed.
      德语的动词是放在句末的。
    S+~+ v -ing
    1. They postponed leaving because of the weather.
      他们因天气原因而延期离开。
    2. He had postponed going to Beijing.
      他已推迟了去北京的日期。
    3. 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。
    4. They postponed sending an answer to the request.
      他们迟迟不对要求给予答复。
v. (动词)
  1. postpone是及物动词,基本意思是“延期”“推迟”,一般指有意地拖延且通常拖延到某一确定的时间。后面跟延期或推迟的日期或其他修饰语。所延长的时间常用for引出,有时也可省略,延到某时则用to, untill或till。
  2. postpone可接动名词作宾语,但不能接动词不定式。
v. (动词)
postpone, defer
  • 这两个词的共同意思是“推迟”,其区别是:
  • 1.defer可指有意推迟,也可指因不可抗力而推迟;而postpone一般指有意推迟。
  • 2.postpone常用于拖延到某一确切的时间;而defer则更常用于不确定的时间。
  • delay,postpone,defer,suspend,prolong,put off
  • 这些动词或短语均有“推延,延期”之意。
  • delay普通用词,多指因外界原因推迟或耽误,也可指有意推迟。
  • postpone正式用词,语气较强,多指有安排的延期,常指明延期到一定的时间。
  • defer正式用词,语气强于postpone,多指故意拖延。
  • suspend指暂时中断以待某种条件的实现。
  • prolong指把时间延长至超过正常或通常的限度。
  • put off口语用词,与postpone同义,但较通俗。
  • 用作动词 (v.)
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