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单词 postponement
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postponement
noun[CorU]
uk
/pəʊstˈpəʊn.mənt//pəstˈpəʊn.mənt/us
/poʊstˈpoʊn.mənt/
adelayto aneventbecause someoneplansordecidesthat it shouldhappenat alaterdateortime:
延后，延缓，延期
We weredisappointedbyyetanother postponement ofourtrip.我们对旅行又一次推迟感到失望。
Fogforceda postponement of theplanned9 am takeoff.大雾迫使原定于上午9点起飞的计划推迟。
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postpone
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  • Hislawyersrequesteda postponement of histrial.
  • Professionalsportsannouncedmasspostponements andcancellations.
  • Anindefinitepostponement wasorderedby thejudgebecause of thedangerposedby aviolentprotesttakingplaceoutsidethecourthouse.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Pauses & interludes
  • abeyance
  • adjournment
  • break
  • break-journey
  • caesura
  • coffee break
  • comfort stop
  • hiatus
  • interlude
  • intermission
  • interval
  • lapse
  • lull
  • non-continuous
  • one-stop
  • pause
  • plateau
  • respite
  • smoko
  • suspension
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(Definition ofpostponementfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpostponement

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Nonetheless, the basic idea remains attractive, not only for reducing turbulence levels but also for thepostponementof laminar/turbulent transition.
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The apparentpostponementof saturation is postulated to be due to modification of the flow field by convergence.
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For simplicity, we impose thepostponementof retirement exogenously.
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It was by no means certain that any category of agriculturist would gain frompostponement.
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The delay in the search for help was caused both by a misjudgment of the symptoms and by simplepostponement.
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Yet, like the autumn mists, it passed away, for a time, with 'compromise,postponementor evasion'.
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The only value, and that a doubtful one, is thepostponementof the attacks to the nonepidemic season.
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Given the rapid inflation, taxpostponementwas essentially tantamount to tax forgiveness.
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Currently observed age-parity specific stillbirth rates cannot be used to predict the consequences of deliberatepostponementof childbearing by healthy women.
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Andpostponementof first births during the early teenage years and second birth during the late teenage years may not, in fact, reduce neonatal mortality.
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Postponementof gratification intuitively seems to be neutral since it is not clear why it matters when a person experiences gratification.
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The reductions, remissions, and postponements granted from the beginning of 1931 were as follows.
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Besides the foreign objection, there were domestic objections, which did not seem to contribute to thepostponement.
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The remaining districts show patterns of marriagepostponementintermediate in character.
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In the longer term, this could result in the improvements being maintained and in thepostponementof any possible relapse.
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