postpone

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英 [pəˈspəʊn]

美 [poʊˈspoʊn]

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vt.

使延期，延缓；把…放在次要地位；把…放在后面；

vi.

延缓；延缓发作；

变形

过去式：postponed过去分词：postponed现在分词：postponing第三人称单数：postpones

双语释义

v.(动词)

vt. 延期,推迟 arrange sth at a later time; defer sth

英英释义

postpone[ pəust'pəun, pə'sp- ]

v.hold back to a later time
"let's postpone the exam"
同义词：proroguehold overput overtableshelveset backdeferremitput off

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词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

postpone disappointingly令人扫兴地推迟
postpone discreetly谨慎地延误
postpone formally正式地延期
postpone indefinitely〔infinitely〕无限期延期
postpone regularly有规律地推迟
postpone temporarily临时延期
postpone ultimately最后延期
postpone vaguely模糊地推迟

～+介词

postpone for five months延期五个月
postpone from从…开始延期
postpone on account of因…延期
postpone till〔to,until〕使推迟至
postpone to Wednesday推迟到星期三

同近义词辨析

suspend, defer, postpone, prolong, delay, put off

这组词都有“推延，延期”的意思，其区别是：

suspend指暂时中断以待某种条件的实现。

defer正式用词，语气强于postpone，多指故意拖延。

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。

prolong指把时间延长至超过正常或通常的限度。

delay普通用词，多指因外界原因推迟或耽误，也可指有意推迟。

put off口语用词，与postpone同义，但较通俗。

postpone, delay

这组词都有“延迟”的意思，其区别是：

postponev.耽搁，暂缓，常指将某事放置一边，等到另一事发生或一定时间后再做。

Our meeting for today was postponed until next week.我们今天的会议推迟到下周举行。

delayv.延期，延缓，耽搁，常指由于不可避免的障碍等原因而延期。

Her late arrival delayed the start of the meeting.她的迟到使会议延迟开始。

双语例句

用作及物动词(vt.)

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。
She did not postpone her departure.
她不再延迟她的行期。
Can we postpone the meeting till tomorrow?
我们可以把会议延到明天吗?
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。
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。
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。

权威例句

Helping teenagers postpone sexual involvement.
Why do people postpone parenthood? Reasons and social policy incentives
Maternal antibodies postpone hantavirus infection and enhance individual breeding success
Effective antihypertensive treatment postpones renal insufficiency in diabetic nephropathy.
Blockade of type A, but not type B, CCK receptors postpones satiety in rhesus monkeys.
4. DOMESTIC SUPPLY OF RICE IS ADEQUATE; GOVERNMENT POSTPONES THE APPLICATION OF IMPORT DUTY ON RICE.
Lowヾose preoperative radiation postpones recurrences in operable rectal cancer: Results of a randomized multicenter trial in wester...
If started early in life, metformin treatment increases life span and postpones tumors in female SHR mice
Low‐dose preoperative radiation postpones recurrences in operable rectal cancer: Results of a randomized multicenter trial in weste...
Influences on adolescents' decision to postpone onset of sexual intercourse: a survival analysis of virginity among youths aged 13 t...

同义词

stave off adjourn

反义词

ancestry

同根词

postponement postpone

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