| 释义 |
postpone
KK:[post`pon] DJ:[pәust`pәun]
vt.
1. 使延期, 延迟, 延缓[(+to/until)][+v-ing]
They postponed sending an answer to a request.
他们耽搁了对一项请求的答覆。
The concert has been postponed to Saturday.
音乐会延迟到星期六。
The sports meet was postponed because of rain.
运动会因雨延期。
2. 把…放在次要地位
postpone private gain to the public welfare
把个人利益置於公众福利之後
3. 【文】把…放在後面(或句尾)
vi.
1. 延迟, 延缓
2. (疟疾等)延缓发作(或复发)
动变: postponed; postponed; postponing
同义:
vt.使延期, 延缓
delay
defer
suspend
shelve
stall
procrastinate
table
put off
hold over
同义参见:
wait
adjourn
反义:
vt.使延期; 延缓
advance |