英 [pəˈspəʊn] 美 [poʊˈspoʊn]
v. 推迟，延缓；把……放在次要地位；把……放在后面
第三人称单数postpones
现在分词postponing
过去式postponed
过去分词postponed
postpone /pəʊstˈpəʊn/ CET4 TEM4 [ postponing postponed postpones ]
及物动词 If you postpone an event, you delay it or arrange for it to take place at a later time than was originally planned. 推迟
He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day.
他决定将探险活动推迟到第二天。
(疟疾等)延缓发作(或复发)：
延迟
延宕-引用次数：2
Faulkner also set regular suspense to postpone and suppress the detailed information of occurred events.
福克纳在创作中还经常设置悬念,延宕和压制已经发生的事件信息。
参考来源叙事认识的视域
延后
推迟
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... spare(形)少欠的 postpone(静)延期 cancel(静)与长 ...
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... straightforward a.笔直的,率直的,粗犷的,明确的,简单的,直接的 postpone v.延迟,使延期,缓办,搁延 mollify v.平息,缓和,减轻,使镇静 ...
postponement 延期；延缓
使…延期；把…放在次要地位；把…放在后面
延缓，延迟；延缓发作
I, for one, would prefer to postpone the meeting.
主张推迟会期的，我就是一个。
The only practicable alternative is to postpone the meeting.
另外唯一可行的办法就是推迟会期。
It was an unpopular decision to postpone building the new hospital.
延迟兴建新医院的决定是不得人心的。
This opposition in the cabinet caused Lincoln to postpone action on the Fox plan.
VOA : special.2009.08.06
That would be like a quarter of 1% to postpone your payment by another year; so time was really cheap.
也就是说只需要付1%的1/4就能,延迟一年还款,时间的价值很低
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Are there any chances to postpone the tests?
有没有推迟考试的情况呢？测验有可能推迟吗？
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He agreed to postpone earlier elections in exchange for a power-sharing deal that saw his political opponents drop their electoral boycott.
VOA : standard.2009.07.19
Many experts,including David Marples with the University of Alberta, say essentially two countries led the charge to postpone Georgian and Ukrainian NATO membership.
VOA : standard.2009.09.04
Does it really matter if sometimes we have to postpone what we had planned?
Indeed, Maliki reportedly plans to postpone local elections in the Sunni-majority provinces of Anbar and Ninevah.
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Businesses will postpone hiring and go into a protective crouch even more than today.