音标:[ˌpəustˈpəunz] ;
v. 延期, 推迟( postpone的第三人称单数 )
v hold back to a later time

postpone的用法和样例:

例句

用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. The weather being bad, we had to postpone our trip.因为天气不好,我们不得不延期出行。
  2. She did not postpone her departure.她不再延迟她的行期。
  3. Can we postpone the meeting till tomorrow?我们可以把会议延到明天吗?
  4. The commander decided to postpone the big push until the spring.指挥官决定把大规模的进攻推迟到春天进行。
  5. We agree to postpone the shipping date, considering (that) there is no steamer recently.由于(考虑到)最近无船,我们同意推迟装期。
  6. Our financial situation is still precarious if we postpone the release of the new product.如果我们推迟发布新产品的话,我们的财政状况仍然岌岌可危。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. They've postponed the meeting.他们已推迟了会议。
  2. We have to postpone the sports meet because of the unfavourable weather.由于天气不好,我们只得将运动会推迟。
  3. We're postponing our holiday till August.我们的假期将推迟到8月。
  4. The mother postponed all other business to the task of smoothing her crying child.母亲放下一切别的事情,先去抚慰哭叫着的孩子。
  5. 1
  6. The flight had been postponed until eleven o'clock.该航班已被推迟到11点钟。
  7. The lecture has been postponed to Wednesday.讲座已被延期到星期三举行。
  8. The German verb is postponed.德语的动词是放在句末的。
S+~+ v -ing
  1. They postponed leaving because of the weather.他们因天气原因而延期离开。
  2. He had postponed going to Beijing.他已推迟了去北京的日期。
  3. Let's postpone making a decision until we have more information.咱们在获取更多情报之后再作决定不迟。
  4. They postponed sending an answer to the request.他们迟迟不对要求给予答复。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+副词
  • postpone disappointingly令人扫兴地推迟
  • postpone discreetly谨慎地延误
  • postpone formally正式地延期
  • postpone indefinitely〔infinitely〕无限期延期
  • postpone regularly有规律地推迟
  • postpone temporarily临时延期
  • postpone ultimately最后延期
  • postpone vaguely模糊地推迟
~+介词
  • postpone for five months延期五个月
  • postpone from从…开始延期
  • postpone on account of因…延期
  • postpone till〔to,until〕使推迟至
  • postpone to Wednesday推迟到星期三

经典引文

  • Vote to postpone a decision until the next meeting.

    出自:M. Frayn
  • It would not prevent scandal..merely postpone it.

    出自:A. Lurie
  • I postponed telling my father of my engagement.

    出自:E. Feinstein
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