postpone
英 [pəʊstˈpəʊn]
美 [poʊstˈpoʊn]
- vt. 使…延期;把…放在次要地位;把…放在后面
- vi. 延缓,延迟;延缓发作
1. post- "after" + pon- + -e.
2. 含义:put after.
postpone 推迟,延期post-,在后,-pon,放置,词源同position.引申词义推迟,延期。
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postpone: see post
- postpone (v.)
- c. 1500, from Latin postponere "put after; esteem less; neglect; postpone," from post "after" (see post-) + ponere "put, place" (see position (n.)). Related: Postponed; postponing.
- 1. I had to postpone ideas of a career and stay at home.
- 我不得不暂缓就业打算,呆在家里。
- 2. Ministers are using delaying tactics to postpone the report yet again.
- 部长们再次使用拖延战术来推后报告的时间。
- 3. It is totally out of the question to postpone the midnight deadline.
- 想要推迟午夜的最后期限是完全不可能的。
- 4. He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day.
- 他决定把探险推迟到第二天。
- 5. It won't hurt to postpone the matter for a few days.
- 此事耽搁几天无所影响.