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单词 defer
释义
defer
verb[T]
uk
/dɪˈfɜːr/us
/dɪˈfɝː/
-rr-
todelaysomething until alatertime:
使延期，使延缓，推迟
Mybankhasagreedto defer therepaymentson myloan.银行同意让我延缓偿还贷款。
[+ -ing verb]Can we defer makingadecisionuntil nextweek?我们可以推迟到下周再决定吗？
Synonym
postpone
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Delaying and wasting time
  • ado
  • busywork
  • buy timeidiom
  • carry
  • carrysomethingover
  • dally
  • inefficiently
  • kick
  • kicksomethinginto the long grassidiom
  • kick the can down the roadidiom
  • lag
  • push
  • retardation
  • setsomeoneback(something)
  • shelve
  • sit
  • sit onsomething
  • slow roll
  • spin
  • stall
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deferment

Phrasal verb

defer tosomeone/something
(Definition ofdeferfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

defer| American Dictionary

defer
verb[T]
us
/dɪˈfɜr/
-rr-
todelaysomething until alatertime; topostpone:
You canorderthefurniturenow and deferpaymentuntilSeptember.

Phrasal verb

defer tosomeone
(Definition ofdeferfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

defer| Business English

defer
verb[T]
uk
/dɪˈfɜːr/us
-rr-
todelaysomething until alatertime:
defer action/a decisionThecommitteedecidedto defer adecisionon thetakeoverbiduntil alaterdate.
defertax/payment
defer doing sthTheschemeenablesinvestorsto deferpayingtaxeson thegain.

deferment

noun[CorU]uk/dɪˈfɜːmənt/us/-ˈfɝː-/(alsodeferral)
Cheapergraduateloansareavailablewithout the defermentoption.

Phrasal verb

defer to sb/sth
(Definition ofdeferfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdefer

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All of this literature stresses the need for households todefertheir individual interests to improve forest productivity and enhance the long-term community interest.
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A lack of data has forced this research todeferany examination of the types of investments into which funds are placed.
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The culture of medical education requires that physicians in trainingdeferto supervising physician on a variety of issues, including clinical judgment and ethical standards.
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Judgesdeferto legislators when the will of the latter is clearly expressed in statutes that have been enacted in the procedurally correct way.
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The singular would give way to the regular, and curiosity woulddeferto utility.
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Wedefermodeling the behavior of such households to future research.
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Indeed, serious disruption of the musical texture is unusual: melismas have the power todefera cadence, sometimes considerably, but they can never prevent one.
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As explained previously, wedeferconsideration of this issue to further research.
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Because linguistic reference is deferred, gesture and bodily comportment take on additional weight.
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Yet, even when one view surfaces as authoritative, individual rabbis or layman will oftendeferto their local authority, whose position is considered decisive.
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For the moment, however, wedefermatters of physical interpretation and proceed formally.
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The definitive repair is best deferred for several years.
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It may be appropriate todefermore definitive palliation in some patients until an age when objective measures of functional capacity can be performed.
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Professions might have either more or less autonomy, depending on the extent to which the courts are willing todeferto the profession.
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Wedeferthe discussion of these cases to section 4.7, where we will consider a number of other problems as well.
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