postponed是什么意思？

postponed

英[ˌpəʊst'pəʊnd] 美[ˌpoʊst'poʊnd]

• vt.& vi. 延期，缓办，（使）延迟；
• vt. 把…放在次要地位，[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）；
• vi. （疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）；

例句

• They postponed leaving because of the weather. 他们因天气原因而延期离开。
• 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。
• The event has been postponed indefinitely due to lack of interest. 由于反应冷淡，这一活动被无限期地搁置了。
• He declared that the meeting has been postponed. 他宣布会议已延期了。
• Should the weather be bad, the sports meeting will be postponed. 如果天气不好, 运动会就要延期.
• Immunisation should be postponed in patients with febrile illness or acute infection. 如注射当日有发烧,或急性感染的情况,请于病愈后接受注射.
• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• We reminded them that the meeting had been postponed. 我们提醒他们会议已经延期.
• The flight was postponed on account of bad weather. 因为天气恶劣,飞行延期了.
• He postponed his trip at the eleventh hour. 他在最后时刻推迟了行程。

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。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. put off to later;
  "requested a deferred payment""our postponed trip"