postpone
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If you postpone an event, you delay it or arrange for it to take place at a later time than was originally planned. 推遲
He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day. 他決定將探險活動推遲到第二天。
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postpone /pəʊstˈpəʊn/ (postponing,postponed,postpones)
剑桥词典
- to delay an event and plan or decide that it should happen at a later date or time
- The negotiations have been postponed indefinitely .
- I was really angry when she asked me to postpone my trip to help her move house .
- There's no point postponing the event just because the weather forecast is bad .
- We decided to postpone the party until my parents had returned from America .
- The exams have been postponed until next month . 返回 postpone
推遲，延緩，使延期
They decided to postpone their holiday until next year . 他們決定將假期推遲到來年。
[ 動詞後麪接一個動詞ing結搆 ] We've had to postpone going to France because the children are ill . 因爲孩子們生病了，我們不得不推遲去法國的行程。
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