postpone [動詞] 延遲,延緩
postpone
[pəust'pəun]
vt.延期, 推遲
例句與用法:
The commander decided to postpone the big push until the spring.
指揮官決定把大規模的進攻推遲到春天進行。
We agree to postpone the shipping date, considering (that) there is no steamer recently.
由於(考慮到)最近無船,我們同意推遲裝期。
Our financial situation is still precarious if we postpone the release of the new product.
如果我們推遲發佈新產品的話,我們的財政狀況仍然岌岌可危。
Better to postpone the shipment than to cancel the contract.
與其撤約還不如延期裝運。
The party was postponed until 8 o'clock.
晚會推遲到8點舉行。
Our visit to the museum is postponed.
參觀博物館被推遲了。
詞形變化:
形容詞: postponable | 名詞: postponement | 動詞過去式: postponed | 動詞過去分詞: postponed | 動詞現在分詞: postponing | 動詞第三人稱單數: postpones |
英文解釋:
動詞 postpone:
hold back to a later time
同義詞:prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
同義詞
delay | defer | shelve | suspend | stall | adjourn | put off | table | put back | put on the back burner | procrastinate | reschedule | wait | shelf | hold | put | off | hold over | over | remit | prolong | prorogue | set back | put over |
反義詞
ancestry |
以上來源於大辭典