Postpone
[ po'spon ]
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vt. 使延期，延緩;把…放在次要地位;把…放在后面;
vi. 延緩;延緩發作;
?? 詞根助記
post在后面+pon放+e→放到后面→推遲
?? 例句
She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.
她決定當天晚上把談話擱一擱。
It won' t hurt to postpone the matter for a few days.
把此事擱置幾天并無妨礙。
I have to postpone our appointment.
我要把我們的約會延期。
I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.
在未獲悉詳情之前我得從緩作出決定。
It won't hurt to postpone the meeting for a few more days.
會議再推遲幾天也無妨。
?? 聯想助記
【記】※ post-郵件,p-拼音“怕”,one-一:郵件怕推遲一天
※ post-郵件,po-拼音“婆”,ne-拼音“呢”:郵件被婆婆放哪呢,看來要延遲送到了
※ post-郵件,po-拼音“婆”,ne-拼音“呢”:這郵件看來要推遲了,婆婆怎么不著急呢
? 同義詞
?? 反義詞
?? 牛津釋義
postpone
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tg]
~ sth (to sth) arrange sth at a later time; defer sth 使某事物延期; 推遲某事物
The match was postponed to the following Saturday because of bad weather. 比賽因天氣不好而延期到下星期六進行.
Let's postpone making adecision until we have more information. 咱們在獲取更多情報之後再做決定不遲. Cf 參看 advance 6, cancel 1.
2 (idm 習語) postpone the evil `hour/`day put off until a later time an unpleasant task, etc, that one will eventually have to do 緩做一終須做的厭惡事.
?? 考研助記
post（在…之后）+pone（放置）= 推遲 網友：yqy 補充：郵遞（post）手機（phone）的事情要推遲了，因為沒有h啊
?? 擴展釋義
*[p?ust'p?un]vt. 延遲, 使延期, 緩辦, 擱延vi. 延緩, 延緩發作【化】 延期
?? 醫學釋義
推遲，延期，擱置
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Sure I was. I'll never forget that.
我當然在那兒了。我永遠都不會忘記那次地震。
Mathilde! I've got some wonderful news. We've been invited to the ball at the palace.
瑪蒂爾德！我有一個極好的消息。我們被邀請去參加宮庭舞會。
The sun will burn you if you're not careful.
要是你不當心，太陽會把你曬黑的。