postpone
推迟
常用释义
英音[ pəˈspəʊn ]
美音[ poʊˈspoʊn ]
变形
第三人称单数:
postpones
现在分词:
postponing
过去式:
postponed
过去分词:
postponed
基本释义
- v. 推迟，延缓；把……放在次要地位；把……放在后面
考试频率
高考
考频：近六年出现1次
- vt. 推迟，延期 最常考
考研
考频：近五年出现1次
- v. 推迟,延期 最常考
考点用法
【及物动词】意为“推迟；使延期”，后可接名词或动词ing形式作宾语
postpone + 名词 推迟...
Football clubs at the top of levels of sports often postpone matches.
顶级体育俱乐部经常推迟比赛。
2022年 · 渭南 · 高二 · 期末 · 阅读理解
postpone doing sth 推迟做某事
They postpone carrying it out.
他们推迟执行它。
2022年 · 任丘 · 高二 · 阶段练习 · 阅读理解
postpone ... to/until ... 推迟...直到...
As a result, we postpone any duty until we enter the workplace.
因此，我们推迟任何职责，直到我们进入工作场所。
2022年 · 宿迁 · 高一 · 期末 · 七选五
例句
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1·I, for one, would prefer to postpone the meeting.主张推迟会期的，我就是一个。来源: 《牛津词典》
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2·The only practicable alternative is to postpone the meeting.另外唯一可行的办法就是推迟会期。来源: 《牛津词典》
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3·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。来源: 《牛津词典》
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4·It is totally out of the question to postpone the midnight deadline.延迟午夜的最后期限是根本不可能的。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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5·They just postpone them.它们只能起到延缓的作用。
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6·He did the worst thing he could: postpone the next chariot race.他做了他能做的最坏的事情：推迟下一场马车比赛。
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7·Every generation develops these habits at a certain age, but Millennials seem to be extending this phase of life as they postpone marriage.每一代人都会在某个年龄段养成这些习惯，但千禧一代似乎因为推迟结婚而延长了这一阶段的生活。
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8·Facing a national blood shortage, physicians in Atlanta, Pittsburgh, New York, Baltimore and Washington moved to postpone nonemergency surgeries.面对全国性血液供应不足的情况，亚特兰大、匹兹堡、纽约、巴尔的摩和华盛顿的医生都推迟了非紧急手术的时间。
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9·Data show that economic downturns tend to postpone marriage because the parties cannot afford to establish a family or are concerned about rainy days ahead.数据显示，经济低迷往往会推迟婚姻，因为双方负担不起组建家庭的费用，或者担心未来会有不测。
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10·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。来源: 《牛津词典》
同义词
vt.
使…延期；把…放在次要地位；把…放在后面
vi.
延缓，延迟；延缓发作
同根词
词根：
postpone
postponement
n
延期；延缓
词语辨析
defer/adjourn/delay/postpone/put off.导航词义：推迟
defer:v. 推迟，延期.较正式用词，多指故意拖延。
The students would like to defer their discussion until next Monday afternoon.
学生们想把讨论会推迟到下星期一下午进行。
The bank agreed to defer their payments for four months.
银行同意他们延期4个月付款。
Hand in your proposal as soon as possible - you have deferred too long.
尽快提交你的议案——你拖延得太久了。
adjourn:v. 休（会），休（庭），延期.指会议休会、法庭休庭或审判延期。
The meeting is adjourned for an unknown reason.
会议莫名其妙地休会了。
It was almost 10 o'clock when the court adjourned.
法庭休庭的时候差不多已经10点了。
The trial will be adjourned until June.
审判将推迟到6月。
delay:v. （使）推迟，耽搁.多指由于外在原因而推迟或耽误，有时也指有意推迟。
The rain delayed the opening ceremony for one hour.
大雨使开幕式延迟了1个小时。
The board decided to delay their vacation until next week.
董事会决定把休假推迟到下周。
Don't delay - homework right now!
别拖了，现在就写作业！
postpone:v. 延迟，延缓.多指有计划地延期，通常会明确延期到何时。
They planned to postpone their trip until the spring.
他们打算把旅行推迟到春天。
Nokia has postponed the release of its new product.
诺基亚已经推迟了新产品的发布。
put off:phr.v. 推迟，延期.尤指因出现问题或不想现在做某事而推迟，作此义解时常可与 delay 换用。
The sports meeting has been put off/delayed until tomorrow due to bad weather.
由于天气恶劣，运动会推迟到明天举行。
The meeting has been put off/delayed until next week so that more people can attend.
为了使更多的人可以参加，此次会议已推迟到下周。