postpone是什么意思？

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. 想要推迟午夜的最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... 想要推迟午夜的最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
  table, shelve, hold, off, over, procrastinate, suspend, put, defer, stall, delay,
• postpone的同义词之：其他释义
  put, hold, wait, adjourn, procrastinate, defer, delay, off, suspend, table, shelf, shelve, over, stall,

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；