postpone 详细解释
postpone
[pəust'pəun]
vt.延期, 推迟
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复。
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
把个人利益置于公众福利之后
3. 【语】把……放在后面(或句尾)
vi.
1. 延迟, 延缓
2. (疟疾等)延缓发作(或复发)
词形变化
形容词: postponable | 名词: postponement | 动词过去式: postponed | 动词过去分词: postponed | 动词现在分词: postponing | 动词第三人称单数: postpones |
词义辨析
同义:
vt.使延期, 延缓
同义参见:
反义:
vt.使延期; 延缓
英英释义
动词 postpone:
hold back to a later time
同义词：prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
补充
postponepostpone英:[ˌpəustˈpəun] 美:[postˈpon, posˈpon]vt.1.延期; 推迟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。例句
1. The match has been postponed.比赛已经被推迟。 2. The visit has now been postponed indefinitely.参观已被无限期地推迟了。 3. He decided to postpone his departure until the following day.他决定将启程日期推迟到第二天。 4. Some critics might postpone him to previous presidents.一些评论家可能将他排在前几任总统之后。 5. I can postpone if you want me to.我可以为了你把事情向后推。 6. How was your lunch with Jason?—I had to postpone.你和贾森的午餐吃得怎么样？——我不得不推迟了。 7. The match was postponed to the next day because of bad weather.比赛因天气不好而延期到第二天进行。 8. The German verb is postponed.德语动词放在句末。 9. He always postpones his private ambitions to the public welfare.他总是把个人抱负置于公众福利之后。 10. Let's postpone until we have more information延期至获得更多的信息为止。 11. postponing of military service缓役 12. the visit had to be postponed for some time.该访问不得不延迟一段时间。 13. [with present participle]he postponed implementing the scheme until industry and business were consulted.他延迟执行该计划，直到咨询了工业和商业部门为止。 14. The match was postponed because of water on the pitch.比赛因球场积水而延期。 15. We had to postpone our vacation. = We had to postpone going on our vacation.我们不得不将假期延后。 16. The baseball game was postponed until/to tomorrow because of rain.因为下雨，棒球赛推迟到明天。 17. "After many postponements, the wedding finally took place."婚礼延期了多次，终于举行了。 18. The rain caused postponement of the baseball game.因为下雨，棒球赛延期了。热门单词推荐
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