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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5320 COCA: 6545

postpone

verb
/pəˈspəʊn/
/pəʊˈspəʊn/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they postpone
/pəˈspəʊn/
/pəʊˈspəʊn/
he / she / it postpones
/pəˈspəʊnz/
/pəʊˈspəʊnz/
past simple postponed
/pəˈspəʊnd/
/pəʊˈspəʊnd/
past participle postponed
/pəˈspəʊnd/
/pəʊˈspəʊnd/
-ing form postponing
/pəˈspəʊnɪŋ/
/pəʊˈspəʊnɪŋ/
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  1. to arrange for an event, etc. to take place at a later time or date than originally planned延迟;延期;展缓 synonym put off
    • postpone something The game has already been postponed three times.这场比赛已经三度延期了。
    • postpone something until something We'll have to postpone the meeting until next week.我们将不得不把会议推迟到下周举行。
    • postpone something to something They have agreed to postpone repayment of the loan to a future unspecified date.他们已同意推迟还贷时间,具体日期未定。
    • postpone doing something It was an unpopular decision to postpone building the new hospital.延迟兴建新医院的决定是不得人心的。
    compare cancel
    Extra Examples
    • Ruth wrote at once, asking Maria to postpone her visit.鲁思立刻写信,要求玛丽亚推迟来访。
    • The event has been postponed indefinitely due to lack of interest.由于反应冷淡,这一活动被无限期地搁置了。
    • The game has been postponed from Wednesday night to Friday night.比赛由周三晚推迟到周五晚。
    Topics Working lifec1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • indefinitely
    • merely
    • only
    verb + postpone
    • agree to
    • decide to
    • be forced to
    preposition
    • for
    • from
    • to
    See full entry
    More Like This Verbs usually followed by -ing formsVerbs usually followed by -ing forms
    Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin postponere, from post ‘after’ + ponere ‘to place’.
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5320 COCA: 6545
postpone

verb

ADVERB | VERB + POSTPONE | PREPOSITION ADVERBindefinitely無限期推遲The event has been postponed indefinitely due to lack of interest.由於反應冷淡,這一活動被無限期地擱置了。merely, only僅僅推遲The inevitable conflict was merely postponed till the next meeting.衝突無法避免,只不過被推遲到了下一次會議的時候罷了。VERB + POSTPONEagree to, decide to同意延期;決定推遲be forced to被迫延期ask sb to要求某人推遲Ruth wrote at once, asking Maria to postpone her visit.魯思立刻寫信,要求瑪麗亞推遲來訪。PREPOSITIONfor推遲⋯的時間Our visit had been postponed for several weeks.我們的訪問推遲了幾個星期。from, to從⋯推遲;推遲到⋯The game has been postponed from Wednesday night to Friday night.比賽由週三晚推遲到週五晚。till, until推遲至⋯The meeting has been postponed until next week.會議推遲至下週。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5320 COCA: 6545
postpone verb
delay
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5320 COCA: 6545
postpone
Pauses, intervals and halts: pause, interval, halt...

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