postpone

[美]/pəˈspəʊn/
[英]/poʊˈspoʊn/
词频: 极高

释义

vt.延迟, 使延期
vi.延缓, 延缓发作
词形变化
过去式postponed
过去分词postponed
现在分词postponing
第三人称单数postpones

例句

be postponed for an hour

延迟一小时

postpone sending an answer

暂缓答复

There seems no reason to postpone it.

似乎没有理由推迟它

the project was postponed because the computer crashed.

因为电脑崩溃,方案被延期。

the judge said that he was not mindful to postpone the eviction again.

法官说他无意再次推迟驱逐。

the visit had to be postponed for some time.

该访问不得不延迟一段时间。

the club's excursion was postponed at the request of some of the members.

在一些成员的要求下俱乐部的远足计划被推迟了。

The meeting has been postponed to Friday.

会议推迟到星期五举行。

The ball game was postponed because of rain.

球赛因雨延期。

At worst, the storm will make us postpone the trip.

最坏的估计是暴风雨会使我们推迟行程

It won't hurt to postpone the matter for a few days.

把此事搁置几天并无妨碍。

They postponed leaving because of the weather.

他们因天气原因而延期离开。

We postponed the match from March 5th to March 19th.

我们把比赛从3月5日推迟到3月19日举行。

He took up the position that the meeting should be postponed to next week.

他主张会议应当延期到下星期举行。

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。

If pharmacological method had not been introduced to the study of vinca rosea, the discovery of vincaleukoblastine would have been postponed by many years.

如果对长春花的研究不是应用药理学方法的话,长春新碱的发现恐怕还要推迟好多年。

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。

And this change is from east to west in Inner Mongolia.The climate warming postponed frostless period,decreased snow,hailstone,thunderstorm,gale and day count of dust storm,increased rainfall.

气候变暖使内蒙古地区无霜期延长,积雪、冰雹、雷暴、大风、沙尘暴日数减少,降水量也出现由少转多的变化,对草原类型分布起决定性作用的湿润度几乎没有变化。

原声例句

The Tokyo Olympics has been postponed because of the pandemic.

因疫情原因,东京奥运会已推迟。

来源: BBC Listening Collection March 2020

So what? We file a motion to postpone?

那怎么办?我们提出动议要求推迟吗?

来源: Out of Control Season 3

Yes, could you ask him if we can postpone Wednesday's meeting?

好的,你能问他我们能否推迟星期三的会议吗?

来源: Cambridge BEC Intermediate Listening Past Papers (Volume 2)

All further Quidditch training and matches are to be postponed.

所有魁地奇训练和比赛都被延期。

来源: 2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

It can cause major events to be postponed.

会导致重要活动延期。

来源: VOA Special March 2020 Collection

In other districts, outdoor activities have been postponed.

在其他地区,户外活动已被推迟。

来源: CNN 10 Student English August 2023 Compilation

So " put off" means " postpone" and " call off" means " cancel" .

“put off”意思是“推迟”,“call off”意思是“取消”。

来源: Elliot teaches British English.

And the election for that position has been postponed.

选举被迫推迟。

来源: AP Listening October 2015 Collection

At least 15 other states have also postponed their primaries.

除该州之外,至少还有15个州也推迟了总统初选。

来源: BBC Listening Compilation April 2020

And now it's been postponed indefinitely.

现在看来,这场记者会要无限期推迟了。

来源: NPR News July 2019 Collection

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