postpone

/pәust'pәun/

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BNC频率: 5320

现代语料频率: 6545

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中文翻译

vt. 延迟, 使延期, 缓办, 搁延

vi. 延缓, 延缓发作

英文解释

v. hold back to a later time

词态变化

过去分词:postponed

过去式:postponed

第三人称单数:postpones

现在分词:postponing

常见例句

postponement.

A postponement of the decision of a cause, for further consideration or re-argument.

The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter

Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others

make a signal to in order to transmit a message v utter a characteristic note or cry v stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather v greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name v make a stop in a harbour v demand payment of (a loan) v make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands v give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance v indicate a decision in regard to v make a prediction about