
vt.延期;推遲
The weather being bad, we had to postpone our trip. 因為天氣不好,我們不得不延期出行。
She did not postpone her departure. 她不再延遲她的行期。
Can we postpone the meeting till tomorrow? 我們可以把會議延到明天嗎?
We agree to postpone the shipping date, considering (that) there is no steamer recently. 由于(考慮到)最近無船,我們同意推遲裝期。
Our financial situation is still precarious if we postpone the release of the new product. 如果我們推遲發(fā)布新產(chǎn)品的話,我們的財政狀況仍然岌岌可危。
postpone是及物動詞,基本意思是“延期”“推遲”,一般指有意地拖延且通常拖延到某一確定的時間。后面跟延期或推遲的日期或其他修飾語。所延長的時間常用for引出,有時也可省略,延到某時則用to, untill或till。
postpone可接動名詞作賓語,但不能接動詞不定式。
n.推遲
vt.延期;推遲