postpone
- vt.推迟;延期;延迟;展缓
派生词： postponement n. 过去式： postponed 现在分词： postponing 过去分词： postponed 第三人称单数： postpones
post- 在后面 + pon 放置 + -e
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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。
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If nobody objects , we 'll postpone the meeting till next week .
如果没有人反对，我们就把会议推迟到下周。
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The game has already been postponed three times .
这场比赛已经三度延期了。
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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。
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There 's a strong case for postponing the exam .
有充分理由推迟考试。
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The match has been postponed to a later date .
比赛已被推迟到以后的某个日期举行。
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The only practicable alternative is to postpone the meeting .
另外唯一可行的办法就是推迟会期。
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There are rumblings that the election may have to be postponed .
有传言说选举也许不得不延期。
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The trial was postponed indefinitely .
审讯无限期延迟。
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Vietnam made an official request that the meeting be postponed .
越南已经正式请求将会议推迟。
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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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Elections were postponed the day before polling was due to take place .
在预定进行投票的前一天选举被延期。
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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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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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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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He postponed his trip at the eleventh hour .
他在最后时刻推迟了行程。
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He said it was just not permissible to postpone the main issue by allowing business to carry on as usual .
他说决不允许因为日常工作而耽搁了重大问题。
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There was an audible sigh of relief in Washington when the foreign ministers decided to postpone the meeting .
各国外长决定推迟会议后，华盛顿如释重负。
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Nokia has postponed the release of its new product .
诺基亚已经推迟了新产品的发布。
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They planned to postpone their trip until the spring .
他们打算把旅行推迟到春天。
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Since he is eight years old , his education must be no longer postponed .
鉴于他已8岁，不可再耽搁受教育。
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I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars .
在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。
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We may reasonably conclude that the meeting has been postponed .
我们有理由可以断定，会议推迟了。
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The flight was postponed on account of bad weather .
因为天气恶劣，飞行延期了。
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In case of rain the mass meeting will be postponed till the first fine day .
大会遇雨顺延。
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The match was postponed on account of the weather .
基于天气关系，比赛延期进行。
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The ball game was postponed because of rain .
球赛因雨推迟了。
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It rained and therefore the football match was postponed .
天下雨，足球赛因此而延期了。
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I 'm afraid the meeting will be postponed .
会议怕要延期了。
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The game was postponed because of rain .
因雨，比赛延期了。
较正式用词，多指故意拖延。
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。
指会议休会、法庭休庭或审判延期。
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。
多指由于外在原因而推迟或耽误，有时也指有意推迟。
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！
多指有计划地延期，通常会明确延期到何时。
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。
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。
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。