英 [dɪˈleɪ] 美 [dɪˈleɪ]
v. 推迟，延期；延误，耽搁；（故意）拖延，磨蹭
n. 延期，推迟；延误，耽搁；延迟器
【名】 （Delay）（美）德莱（人名）
复数delays
第三人称单数delays
现在分词delaying
过去式delayed
过去分词delayed
delay /dɪˈleɪ/ CET4 TEM4 [ delaying delayed delays ]
及物动词/不及物动词 If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later. 推迟
For sentimental reasons I wanted to delay my departure until June 1980.
由于感情上的原因，我想把启程时间推迟到1980年6月。
They had delayed having children, for the usual reason, to establish their careers.
他们推迟了要孩子，为了要建立事业这个通常的理由。
及物动词 To delay someone or something means to make them late or to slow them down. 延误; 耽搁
Can you delay him in some way?
你能用什么办法耽搁他一下吗？
Various setbacks and problems delayed production.
各种各样的挫折和问题延误了生产。
不及物动词 If you delay, you deliberately take longer than necessary to do something. 拖延
If he delayed any longer, the sun would be up.
如果他再拖延下去，太阳就要升起来了。
有变体名词 If there is a delay, something does not happen until later than planned or expected. 耽搁
They claimed that such a delay wouldn't hurt anyone.
他们声称这样的耽搁不会伤害任何人。
不可数名词 Delay is a failure to do something immediately or in the required or usual time. 延误
We'll send you a quote without delay.
我们会立即向你方报价。
time during which some action is awaited
instant replay caused too long a delay
同义词： hold / time lag / postponement / wait
the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
同义词： holdup
act later than planned, scheduled, or required
Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered
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延期；耽搁
延期；耽搁；被耽搁或推迟的时间
Can you delay him in some way?
你能用什么办法耽搁他一下吗？
They were impatient at the delay.
他们对拖延不耐烦了。
Any delay would be fatal.
任何延误都可能导致失败。
Older women might be less likely to delay because they know that the older they get, the higher the risks.
VOA : special.2010.08.11
We can think in terms of repetition, obviously, as the delay that sets in between an origin and an end.
我们可以想想看这里面的重复，很明显，重复性的情节将起因和结果隔开来。
文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
So displacement is a kind of delay or detour of understanding, and condensation, on the other hand, is a kind of distillation of understanding.
所以“移置“是一种滞后的，迂回的理解，而另一方面，“凝缩“,则是理解的提炼过程。
文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
I.C.C.countries also agreed to delay any action by the court on aggression until they re-examine the issue in seven years.
VOA : special.2010.06.21
There was a delay in muscle loss and brain shrinkage that lead to mental problems linked to aging.
VOA : special.2009.09.01
No photos have emerged of DeLay or Ney lining up a putt at St.
So the delay is not, as Senator Clinton claimed on Tuesday, completely beyond her control.
Consumer organisation Which? is calling for a delay to the increase in fuel duty planned for January.