postpone

英[pəˈspəʊn]美[poʊˈspoʊn]

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；

第三人称单数：postpones;

过去式：postponed;

过去分词：postponed;

现在分词：postponing;

名词：postponement;

例句

He said it was just not permissible to postpone the main issue by allowing business to carry on as usual.他说决不允许因为日常工作而耽搁了重大问题。

It won't hurt to postpone the matter for a few days.此事耽搁几天无所影响.

It is totally out of the question to postpone the midnight deadline.想要推迟午夜的*后期限是完全不可能的。

It can not only cure the disease, but also postpone caducity and strengthen the body.医疗按摩是祖国传统医学中一朵奇葩,它不仅能够治疗疾病, 而且能延缓衰老强身健体.

I had to postpone ideas of a career and stay at home.我不得不暂缓就业打算，呆在家里。

He said it was just not permissible to postpone the main issue by allowing business to carry on as usual.他说决不允许因为日常工作而耽搁了重大问题。

There was an audible sigh of relief in Washington when the foreign ministers decided to postpone the meeting.各国外长决定推迟会议后，华盛顿如释重负。

He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day...他决定把探险推迟到第二天。

It is totally out of the question to postpone the midnight deadline...想要推迟午夜的*后期限是完全不可能的。

同义词

vt.

postpone的同义词之：使延期,延缓

tableshelveholdoffoverprocrastinatesuspendputdeferstalldelay

postpone的同义词之：其他释义

putholdwaitadjournprocrastinatedeferdelayoffsuspendtableshelfshelveoverstall

反义词

vt.

postpone的反义词之：使延期;延缓

advance

postpone的反义词之：其他释义

ancestry

同义词解析

以下这些动词或短语动词均有"推延，延期" 的意思

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。

英语四级真题

Postponing doing what you love and being with people you love until retirement can be a mistake.

出自-2010年12月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

VERB

推迟；使延期；延缓

If you postpone an event, you delay it or arrange for it to take place at a later time than was originally planned.

例句

He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day...他决定把探险推迟到第二天。The visit has now been postponed indefinitely.参观现在已经被无限期推迟了。

英汉词典释义

vt.

延期; 推迟;展缓

The mother postponed all other business to the task of smoothing her crying child.母亲放下一切别的事情, 先去抚慰哭叫着的孩子。They postponed leaving because of the weather.他们因天气原因而延期离开。

英英词典释义

Verb

1. hold back to a later time;

"let's postpone the exam"

行业词典

体育： 延期比赛；

法律： 推迟；延缓；