postpone
常考释义
1.延迟;延期;展缓to arrange for an event, etc. to take place at a later time or date
The game has already been postponed three times.这场比赛已经三度延期了。
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。
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。
Could we postpone our meeting until tomorrow? I expect to be in and out of the office most of the day today.
我们可以把会议推迟到明天吗?今天我会经常不在办公室。
He had schooled himself to be able to postpone the ritual for as long as a whole day, while hiding all outward signs of his inner torment.
他已锻炼自己能够推迟仪式一整天的时间,掩藏所有内在煎熬的外在迹象。
She said that when she was "truly incapacitated, " her doctor still wanted her to postpone surgery.
她说自己已经“真正丧失了行动力”,但就算这样,她的医生依然希望她能延迟手术。
It must be understood that our agreement to postpone the payment does not amount to an acceptance of your opinion of the goods supplied.
必须了解,我方同意延期付款并不等于接受贵方关于所供货物的意见。
It was sensible of her to postpone the trip.
她推迟旅行是明智的。
So far she had managed to postpone the sauna, the transition to married life in his household.
目前她努力争取推迟gauna,在他家里举行的正式过渡到婚姻生活的仪式。
Yet 52 weeks from now, all those who postpone gratification could have had $100 in cash rather than $110 in a week's time.
但从现在起的52周后,所有那些推迟拿钱的人,本来都可以立即拿到100美元现金,而不是再等1周获得110美元。
It was a great disappointment to me that I had intended to pay a visit to America in February but then I had to postpone it.
我原计划今年二月访问美国,后来不得不推迟,这使我感到很扫兴。
Wait up To postpone going to bed in anticipation of something or someone.
熬夜等候为等待某事或某人而推迟睡觉。
So I think it is worth it to postpone it for now for a few years of my career to give a few years of my life to the children's life.
因此,我觉得把自己的事业往后推迟几年,把我生命中的几个年头给予我的孩子是值得的。
The chief executive may make a decision to approve, not approve, revise, postpone, or reconsider the matter being considered.
行政首长可以对审议的事项作出同意、不同意、修改、暂缓或者再次审议的决定。
A court spokesman told journalists the court decided to postpone the hearings because some witnesses were unable to attend.
法庭一名发言人对记者说,法庭决定推迟开庭,原因是一些证人不能到庭。
You may be able to postpone a necessary confrontation for a day or two, but it's not advisable.
你可能将一个必须的对抗推迟一至两天,但这并不可取。
'Of course, the face-saving way is to say 'postpone, ' he said, but Internet users 'are declaring their victory.
他说,当然,避免丢脸的做法就是宣布“推迟”实施,不过互联网用户却在宣布自己获得了胜利。
He vowed not to postpone unpleasant decisions. When government programmes failed, he said, he would end them.
他发誓不会拖延令人不快的决定,如果政府方案失败,他将及时停止。
Lehmann is 37 but is showing no signs of slowing down and Wenger is ready to ask him to postpone his retirement.
莱曼已经37岁了,但是丝毫没有状态下降的迹象。温格准备劝说他推迟退役计划。
They were to have been married last month but had to postpone the wedding until next month .
他们本来打算在上个月结婚的,但后来不得不推迟到下个月。
To save the pension system, the French parliament is about to pass a law that forces workers to postpone retirement by two years.
为挽救退休金制度,法国议会打算通过一项法律要求工人的退休年龄推迟2年。
An adviser to Agincourt said the recent volatility in the high-yield market played no role in the firm's decision to postpone the offering.
该公司一位顾问说,近期高收益市场的波动性与它决定推迟发行无关。
The key new demand is to postpone presidential elections for two months to allow a real opposition candidate to run against Vladimir Putin.
主要的新要求还包括,将总统选举推迟两个月举行,以便让真正的反对派候选人与普京展开竞争。
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