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单词 postpone
释义
postpone
verb[T]
uk
/pəʊstˈpəʊn//pəstˈpəʊn/us
/poʊstˈpoʊn/
B1
todelayaneventandplanordecidethat it shouldhappenat alaterdateortime:
推迟，延缓，使延期
Theydecidedto postponetheirholidayuntilnextyear.他们决定将假期推迟到来年。
[+ -ing verb]We've had to postpone goingto France because thechildrenareill.因为孩子们生病了，我们不得不推迟去法国的行程。
Synonyms
defer
putsomethingoff
Opposite
bringsomethingforwardmainlyUK
Compare
proroguespecialized
shelve
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to cancel something
  • cancelSorry, I have to cancel our plans tonight.
  • call offThe game has been called off because of the weather.
  • offThe meeting's off because James is ill.
  • scrapWe've scrapped our plans for a trip to France.
  • suspendThe ferry service has been suspended for the day because of bad weather.
  • postponeWe've postponed the wedding until next year.
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More examples
  • Thenegotiationshave been postponedindefinitely.
  • I was reallyangrywhen sheaskedme to postpone mytriptohelphermovehouse.
  • There's nopointpostponing theeventjust because theweatherforecastisbad.
  • Wedecidedto postpone thepartyuntil myparentshadreturnedfromAmerica.
  • Theexamshave been postponed until nextmonth.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Delaying and wasting time
  • ado
  • busywork
  • buy timeidiom
  • carry
  • carrysomethingover
  • dally
  • inefficiency
  • inefficiently
  • kick
  • kicksomethinginto the long grassidiom
  • kick the can down the roadidiom
  • push
  • retardation
  • setsomeoneback(something)
  • shelve
  • sit
  • sit onsomething
  • slow roll
  • spin
  • stall
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Cancelling and interrupting

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postponement
(Definition ofpostponefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

postpone| American Dictionary

postpone
verb[T]
us
/poʊstˈpoʊn/
todelayaneventorarrangefor it to takeplaceat alatertime:
Thetriphas been postponedtwice.

postponement

noun[C/U]us
/poʊstˈpoʊn·mənt/
[C/U]Rainforced(a) postponement of thematch.
(Definition ofpostponefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

postpone| Business English

postpone
verb[T]
uk
/pəʊstˈpəʊn/us
todecidethat aneventshouldhappenat alatertimethanoriginallyplanned:
Theoilgiantsaid it had postponed adecisionon whether to goaheadwith thedeal.
Themeetingwaspostponed foranotherweek.
postpone sth from/to sthThevoteon themergerhas been postponed fromSeptember14 andlooksunlikelyto takeplaceuntil the end of theyear.

postponement

noun[CorU]
Sources say thedealwilllikelyresultin the postponement of ashareholdermeetingscheduledforMonday.
(Definition ofpostponefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpostpone

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This procedure was decided upon so as not topostponethe beginning of the intervention for the children's sake.
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Prisoners who were sick were advised topostponefamily visits, and not to attend work while symptomatic.
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However, the visit had to be postponed to the very end of the season because poor weather conditions delayed the whole programme.
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Because the risks remain undefined and unmeasured, should the federal governmentpostponeaction?
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At this point, these facts are queried with ground queries only: queries with variables are postponed until also ground rules have been shown.
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At this step, contextual knowledge is proceduralised and in the meantime operatorspostponeactions as sequences.
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Potential crises will be postponed or mitigated as a result.
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Rather than rejecting responsible cabinets and a stronger central government role, these reform edicts postponed them to a later time.
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It was a specific parental strategy to provide children with basic resources and topostponeto a later date the proper reward for their help.
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Using survey data, they show that one-quarter of older workers say they postponed retirement due to equity market losses.
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Highly educated women are more likely topostponetheir childbearing, and when age is held constant the difference disappears.
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Classes often start late and are shorter than the scheduled hours, and quite frequently, because their teachers are otherwise occupied, classes are postponed or cancelled.
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These historical circumstances allow me topostponedealing with the complex and understudied issue of when new parties and candidates enter the electoral fray.
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In such cases, a cautious tokenizer produces alternative segmentations postponing the decision to a later processing stage.
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Wepostponea formal presentation to section 4.4, where we deal with a generalization of grammars discussed here.
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