The weather being bad, we had to postpone our trip.

因为天气不好,我们不得不延期出行。

She did not postpone her departure.

她不再延迟她的行期。

Can we postpone the meeting till tomorrow?

我们可以把会议延到明天吗?

The commander decided to postpone the big push until the spring.

指挥官决定把大规模的进攻推迟到春天进行。

We agree to postpone the shipping date, considering (that) there is no steamer recently.

由于(考虑到)最近无船，我们同意推迟装期。

Our financial situation is still precarious if we postpone the release of the new product.

如果我们推迟发布新产品的话，我们的财政状况仍然岌岌可危。

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。

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骚乱致使地方选举延期了。

He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day...

他决定把探险推迟到第二天。

The visit has now been postponed indefinitely.

参观现在已经被无限期推迟了。

Would you like to postpone or cancel your call?

您随后打电话,还是不打了?

Let's postpone the exam.

我们推迟一下考试 吧.

It can be absorbed andin its effect of postpone the ageing of skin.

本品具有高湿润性易被皮肤吸收,能抑制批肤色素沉着,延缓皮肤皱纹的发生.

Jennifer decided to postpone her graduation and to get some work experience first.

詹尼弗决定延期毕业,以便先积累些工作经验.

Could you postpone the delivery to the user?

您能推迟一下向用户交货的时间 吗 ?

I think we've all realized that it's okay to postpone happiness for a while.

我想我们都已经认识到等几年再过好日子没关系.

This opposition in the cabinet caused Lincoln to postpone action on the Fox plan.

由于内阁成员的反对导致林肯推迟了实施福克斯计划.

How about if we postpone the conference to next week?

如果我们把会议推迟到下周举行,怎么样 呢 ?

It will not do to postpone the shipment. our customer need the goods urgently.

延期装船可不行, 我们的客户急需此货.

She did not postpone her departure.

她不再延迟她的行期.

They had to postpone their trip because of rain.

因为下雨,他们不得不将旅行延期.

She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.

她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁.

Let's postpone the meeting.

我们把这次会议延期 吧.

Shall we postpone it until later in the week?

那延后到本周晚些时候?

Why don't we postpone the appointment until next month?

我们为什么不把约会放在下个人月 呢 ?

PEO reserves the right to postpone or cancel the event due to unforeseen circumstances.

普岩会议保留解释与因不可预见情况而修改或取消本培训的权利.

I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.

在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定.

I was forced to postpone my visit.

我不得不推迟访问.

Although a winner can freely enjoy himself, he can also postpone enjoyment.

对于成功者而言,即使他能随时放松自己, 他还可以延缓这种享受.

They asked if they could postpone payment until the cash situation is better.

他们请求可否等到现金情况好转时才付款.

Can we postpone our meeting to sometime early next week?

我们能否将约会推迟到下星期的头几天?

It won't hurt to postpone the matter for a few days.

此事耽搁几天无所影响.

I had to postpone ideas of a career and stay at home.

我不得不暂缓就业打算，呆在家里。

Ministers are using delaying tactics to postpone the report yet again.

部长们再次使用拖延战术来推后报告的时间。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

1. They've postponed the meeting.
   他们已推迟了会议。
2. 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。
3. We're postponing our holiday till August.
   我们的假期将推迟到8月。
4. 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。
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5. The flight had been postponed until eleven o'clock.
   该航班已被推迟到11点钟。
6. The lecture has been postponed to Wednesday.
   讲座已被延期到星期三举行。
7. The German verb is postponed.
   德语的动词是放在句末的。

S+～+ v -ing

1. They postponed leaving because of the weather.
   他们因天气原因而延期离开。
2. He had postponed going to Beijing.
   他已推迟了去北京的日期。
3. 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。
4. They postponed sending an answer to the request.
   他们迟迟不对要求给予答复。

～+副词

• postpone%20disappointingly">postpone disappointingly令人扫兴地推迟
• postpone%20discreetly">postpone discreetly谨慎地延误
• postpone%20formally">postpone formally正式地延期
• postpone%20indefinitely%E3%80%94infinitely%E3%80%95">postpone indefinitely〔infinitely〕无限期延期
• postpone%20regularly">postpone regularly有规律地推迟
• postpone%20temporarily">postpone temporarily临时延期
• postpone%20ultimately">postpone ultimately最后延期
• postpone%20vaguely">postpone vaguely模糊地推迟

～+介词

• postpone%20for%20five%20months">postpone for five months延期五个月
• postpone%20from">postpone from从…开始延期
• postpone%20on%20account%20of">postpone on account of因…延期
• postpone%20till%E3%80%94to%2Cuntil%E3%80%95">postpone till〔to,until〕使推迟至
• postpone%20to%20Wednesday">postpone to Wednesday推迟到星期三

• Vote to postpone a decision until the next meeting.

  出自：M. Frayn

• It would not prevent scandal..merely postpone it.

  出自：A. Lurie

• I postponed telling my father of my engagement.

  出自：E. Feinstein

v.(动词)

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till。
2. postpone可接动名词作宾语,但不能接动词不定式。

v.(动词)

postpone, defer

这两个词的共同意思是“推迟”，其区别是：

1.defer可指有意推迟，也可指因不可抗力而推迟；而postpone一般指有意推迟。

2.postpone常用于拖延到某一确切的时间；而defer则更常用于不确定的时间。

delay，postpone，defer，suspend，prolong，put off

这些动词或短语均有“推延，延期”之意。

delay普通用词，多指因外界原因推迟或耽误，也可指有意推迟。

postpone正式用词，语气较强，多指有安排的延期，常指明延期到一定的时间。

defer正式用词，语气强于postpone，多指故意拖延。

suspend指暂时中断以待某种条件的实现。

prolong指把时间延长至超过正常或通常的限度。

put off口语用词，与postpone同义，但较通俗。

• ☆ 1500年进入英语，直接源自古典拉丁语的postponere，意为忽略，忽视。