· postpone· v. [pə'spəʊn] ( postpones; postponed; postponing )· · 双解释义· vt. 延期,推迟 arrange sth at a later time; defer sth· 基本要点 ·1.postpone是及物动词,基本意思是“延期”“推迟”,一般指有意地拖延且通常拖延到某一确定的时间后面跟延期或推迟的日期或其他修饰语所延长的时间常用for引出,有时也可省略,延到某时则用to, untill或till2.postpone可接动名词作宾语,但不能接动词不定式·· 词汇搭配 · ～+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· · 句型例句 ·用作及物动词▲S+～+n./pron.They've postponed the meeting.他们已推迟了会议。
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We're postponing our holiday till August.我们的假期将推迟到8月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◇ 用于be ～ed结构The flight had been postponed until eleven o'clock.该航班已被推迟到11点钟The lecture has been postponed to Wednesday.讲座已被延期到星期三举行The German verb is postponed.德语的动词是放在句末的▲S+～+v-ingThey postponed leaving because of the weather.他们因天气原因而延期离开He had postponed going to Beijing.他已推迟了去北京的日期。
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They postponed sending an answer to the request.他们迟迟不对要求给予答复。