postpone的意思

postpone

英 /pəʊs(t)'pəʊn; pə'spəʊn/ 美 /po'spon/

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基本释义

  • v 延迟,推迟

    to change the date or time of a planned event or action to a later one

例句

  1. The match had to be postponed until next week.

    比赛不得不推迟到下周举行。

  2. His trial has been postponed indefinitely (= no one knows when it will happen ) .

    对他的审判被无限期推迟了。

近义词

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 stave off、time delay

同根词

n postponement 延期;延缓