中英互译
postpone
英 /pəˈspəʊn/美 /poʊˈspoʊn/
基本释义
- v.推迟,延缓;把……放在次要地位;把……放在后面
第三人称单数postpones
现在分词postponing
过去式postponed
过去分词postponed
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词语例句
推迟,延缓vt.
He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day.
他决定将探险活动推迟到第二天。
If the meal must be postponed for more than an hour, a snack helps to avoid a hunger headache.
如果吃饭必须推迟一个多小时,那么吃点零食有助于避免饥饿引起的头痛。
Eric told me that they postponed having children until he gets his doctoral degree.
埃里克告诉我,直到他拿到博士学位后他们才会要孩子。
把……放在次要地位vt.
He is a selfless person who always postpones private ambitions to the public welfare.
他是个无私的人,总是把公众福利看得比个人抱负更重要。
把……放在后面vt.
In this sentence, the adjective is postponed.
在这句话里,形容词被后置了。
- I, for one, would prefer to postpone the meeting.主张推迟会期的,我就是一个。来自《牛津词典》
- 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。来自《牛津词典》
- It is totally out of the question to postpone the midnight deadline.延迟午夜的最后期限是根本不可能的。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
相关短语
- postpone sth. to/until sth.把……延迟到……
- postpone doing sth.推迟做某事
- to postpone delivery推迟交货;推延交货;延迟交货
- do everything to postpone百般拖延
- postpone verb推迟;延迟
- to postpone推迟;从缓;改期
- postpone delay拖延耽搁
词语扩展
vt.
使…延期;把…放在次要地位;把…放在后面
vi.
延缓,延迟;延缓发作
n.
postponement延期;延缓
- suspend/defer/postpone/prolong/delay/put off
- postpone/delay
词义分布
推迟
63.2%
延迟
9.8%
延缓
9.5%
延期
8.9%
延
4.2%
暂缓
2.1%
顺延
1.2%
缓
0.6%
推延
0.6%
英英释义
- v.hold back to a later time
- v.to arrange for an event to happen at a later time
推迟;推延- He decided to postpone the trip until the following day.他决定将出行推延至第二天。
词源
- postpone推迟,使延期词根词缀: post-后 + -pon-放置 + -e → 把事情向后方
- postpone推迟,延期post-,在后,-pon,放置,词源同position.引申词义推迟,延期。
- postponeFrom Latin postpono (“I put after; I postpone”) from Latin post (“after”) + pono (“I put; I place”), compare forestall.