postpone

英[pəust'pəun]美[pos'pon]

v.
1. [T][postpone sth (to sth)]使某事物延期；推迟某事物

时　态：postponed,postponing,postpones

名　词：postpon'er

形容词：postpon'able

同反义词

同：	[v.] defer, hold over, prorogue, put off

词义辨析

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

这些动词或短语动词均有“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。

参考例句

Could we postpone our meeting to sometime early next week?
我们能否将约会推迟到下星期的头几天?收藏
CANNOT ENROLL FOR FALL SEMESTER OWING SUDDEN ILLNESS. REQUEST PERMISSION TO POSTPONE UNTIL FALL 2000. LETIER FOLLOWS LINYUAN TANG
因突然患病，不能于秋季注册，请准予延期至2000年秋季入学，信函另达为何。谭凌元收藏
But he found it necessary to keep up a stout heart, and to postpone the meal he craved till the following morning
但是路路通对于自己当前的遭遇必须抱着逆来顺受的态度，至于搪塞肚子的问题只好拖到明天再去考虑。收藏
Let's postpone making a decision until we have more information.
咱们在获取更多情况之后再做决定不迟。收藏
Do you find these rates economically worthwhile to postpone calls until during weekends
你认为以下不同时段的优惠率是否值得你把打长话的时间推迟到双休日收藏

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英英解释

动词解释：

hold back to a later time
- let's postpone the exam
[同] defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table

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