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delay

/dɪˈleɪ/ /dɪˈleɪ/
  • v.
    推迟,延期;延误,耽搁;(故意)拖延,磨蹭
  • n.
    延期,推迟;延误,耽搁;延迟器
  • 人名 (Delay)(美)德莱(人名)
复数delays
第三人称单数delays
现在分词delaying
过去式delayed
过去分词delayed
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词语例句

  1. 推迟,延期vt.&vi.

    六级四级
    • For sentimental reasons I wanted to delay my departure until June 1980.

      由于感情上的原因,我想把启程时间推迟到1980年6月。

    • Unfortunately, it's been delayed due to the bad weather.

      不幸的是,由于天气不好,它被推迟了。

    • The current low fossil fuel price environment will thus certainly delay the energy transition from fossil fuel to clean energy sources.

      因此,当前化石燃料价格较低的环境必然会延迟从化石燃料向清洁能源转变的过程。

  2. 延误,耽搁vt.

    四级
    • Can you delay him in some way?

      你能用什么办法耽搁他一下吗?

    • Yes, but I'm sorry the flight is delayed because of a minor mechanical problem.

      是的,但是很抱歉,因为一个小的机械故障,航班延误了。

  3. (故意)拖延,磨蹭vt.&vi.

    六级四级
    • If he delayed any longer, the sun would be up.

      如果他再拖延下去,太阳就要升起来了。

    • Two months ago, Gullotta saw a 50-year-old man who had delayed doing anything about his smoker's cough for a year.

      两个月前,古罗塔见到一名50岁的男性,他患有吸烟过多而引起的咳嗽,但拖了一年才来就医。

    • There are far too many companies still delaying creating a lean and green business system, arguing that it will cost money or require sizable capital investments.

      有太多的公司仍在拖延建立一个精简且绿色的商业体系,它们辩称,这将耗费资金或需要大量的资本投资。

  4. 延期,推迟n.

    六级四级
    • He hates delay and procrastination in all its forms.

      他厌恶各种形式的延迟和耽搁。

    • That's why there's most often a delay associated with muscle soreness.

      那就是为什么肌肉酸痛时常延迟的原因。

    • The longer the delays continued, the more problems inspectors found.

      延迟持续的时间越长,检查员发现的问题就越多。

  1. Can you delay him in some way?
    你能用什么办法耽搁他一下吗?
    来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  2. They were impatient at the delay.
    他们对拖延不耐烦了。
    来自《牛津词典》
  3. Any delay would be fatal.
    任何延误都可能导致失败。
    来自《牛津词典》

相关短语

  • Propagation Delay
    传播延迟;传播时延;传输时延;传输延迟
  • time delay
    时间延迟;时延;时间滞延
  • delay of game
    阻碍比赛之正常进行;拖延比赛;障碍竞赛之正常停止;阻碍角逐之正常进行
  • delay line
    延迟线;延时线;延迟线延时线;延迟线路
  • Delay Skew
    延迟差异;时延偏离;时延差;延迟偏差

词语扩展

vi.
延期;耽搁
vt.
延期;耽搁
n.
延期;耽搁;被耽搁或推迟的时间
adj.
delayed延时的;定时的
n.
delayer缓燃剂,延缓剂;延迟器
v.
delayed延迟(delay的过去式)
  • suspend/defer/postpone/prolong/delay/put off
    • 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
    • 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。
    • delayv.延期,延缓,耽搁,常指由于不可避免的障碍等原因而延期。

词义分布

延迟
37.8%
延误
11.6%
推迟
11.3%
拖延
7.7%
延时
7.2%
延缓
6.5%
时延
6.2%
耽搁
4.3%
耽误
4.2%
延期
3.2%

英英释义

  • n.time during which some action is awaited
  • n.the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
  • v.cause to be slowed down or delayed
  • v.act later than planned, scheduled, or required
  • v.stop or halt
  • v.slow the growth or development of
  1. v.
    to not do something immediately or at the planned time, but to do it later
    推迟;使延迟
    • Many women delay motherhood because they want to have a career.
      很多女性因想有自己的事业而推迟要孩子。
  2. v.
    to make someone or something late
    使耽搁;使延误
    • Passengers were delayed at the airport for five hours.
      乘客在机场被耽搁5个小时。
    • Our flight was delayed for three hours.
      我们的航班延误了3个小时。

词源

  • delay延迟
    来自法语delaie, 来自de-, 向下,离开,-laie, 留下,停留,词源同lax, 拼写受lay影响俗化,引申义延迟。
  • delay耽搁,延迟
    来源于古法语中由de-(离开)和动词laier(离开)组成的复合词delaier。动词laier的变体laissier是英语lease的词源,来源于拉丁语laxare(放松,松弛)。 词根词缀: de-离开 + -lay(= -lax- )松弛,放松