postponed
past simple and past participle ofpostpone
| 单词 | postponed |
| 释义 | postponed past simple and past participle ofpostpone postpone verb[T] uk/pəʊstˈpəʊn//pəstˈpəʊn/us/poʊstˈpoʊn/B1 todelayaneventandplanordecidethat it shouldhappenat alaterdateortime: Theydecidedto postponetheirholidayuntilnextyear. [+ -ing verb]We've had to postpone goingto France because thechildrenareill. Synonyms defer putsomethingoff Opposite bringsomethingforwardmainlyUK Compare proroguespecialized shelve to cancel something
Delaying and wasting time
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Cancelling and interrupting Examplesofpostponedpostponed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. At this point, these facts are queried with ground queries only: queries with variables arepostponeduntil also ground rules have been shown. From theCambridge English Corpus Potential crises will bepostponedor mitigated as a result. From theCambridge English Corpus Rather than rejecting responsible cabinets and a stronger central government role, these reform edictspostponedthem to a later time. From theCambridge English Corpus Using survey data, they show that one-quarter of older workers say theypostponedretirement due to equity market losses. From theCambridge English Corpus Classes often start late and are shorter than the scheduled hours, and quite frequently, because their teachers are otherwise occupied, classes arepostponedor cancelled. From theCambridge English Corpus Since the defender receives utility from possession of the contested asset he sees any compromise as a loss that is lower ifpostponed. From theCambridge English Corpus Postponedat the last minute, its belated debut four years later gave the impression that most of the participants had moved on. From theCambridge English Corpus For a time, the day of reckoning could bepostponedthrough lower savings rates and higher levels of debt. From theCambridge English Corpus In 1933 the executive appears not to have met for six months andpostponeda mission owing to lack of enthusiasm. From theCambridge English Corpus In the end, the economic policies onlypostponedthe economic depression that occurred with the stabilisation of the mark in 1923-24. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, a commitment to a specific value of any design attribute ispostponeduntil the last possible moment. From theCambridge English Corpus Respondents were asked to indicate how long the project would bepostponedand what sources of finance they were considering to close the financing 'gap'. From theCambridge English Corpus Details were left to others to take care of, or better yet,postponedtill later. From theCambridge English Corpus The lifting of the payoff ban, which has had been originally scheduled to take place in 2001, has beenpostponedby one year. From theCambridge English Corpus In particular, respondents were asked if the project had been abandoned (question 8),postponed(question 9), or financed using other sources (question 10). From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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