postpone是什么意思

短语搭配

(1)postpone offering推迟报盘

(2)postpone meeting推迟会议

(3)postpone appointment推迟约会；延后约会

(4)postpone trip推迟旅行

(5)postpone visit推迟访问；延期访问

(6)postpone departure推迟出发；延迟出发

(7)postpone date延期

双语例句

(1)Is this show postponed? Or is it off the air?

这个节目是延时了还是停止播放了？

(2)I postponed all other business to accompany my family.

我推迟了所有其他事务以陪伴我的家人。

(3)He decided to postpone his departure until the following week.

他决定把启程日期推到了下一周。

(4)The game has already been postponed three times.

这场比赛已经三度延期了

(5)Can we postpone the meeting? I'm feeling pretty sick today.

我们可以推迟会议吗？我今天身体很不舒服。

(6)We decided to postpone the wedding.

我们决定推迟婚礼。

(7)We'll postpone the expansion plans until the macro environment improves.

我们会推迟拓展计划，直到大环境进步。

(8)Hey, Nathan. I think I’m coming down with something. I may have to postpone tomorrow.

嘿，Nathan。我有点不舒服。咱们明天的约可能得往后推了。

(9)There are growing calls for Japan to cancel or postpone the Olympic Games again.

要求日本再次取消或推迟奥运会的呼声越来越高。

(10)Louise, I've been having some second thoughts. Do you mind if we postpone the start date?

Louise，我一直都在想重新思考装修问题。你介意我们把开工日期推迟吗？

(11)For sure. If you get bogged down, don't be afraid to take a break or postpone the meeting.

当然了。如果你陷入困境，不妨休息一下或推迟会议。

(12)I, for one, would prefer to postpone the meeting.

主张推迟会期的，我就是一个。

(13)The only practicable alternative is to postpone the meeting.

另外唯一可行的办法就是推迟会期。

(14)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。

(15)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。

(16)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。

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

词根词缀

同前缀词 post- 在后面

(1)postgraduate adj. 研究生的；研究生课程的

(2)postman n. 邮递员

(3)postmortem n. 验尸；尸体检查

(4)postcard n. 明信片

(5)postcode n. 邮政编码；邮编

(6)posthumous adj. 死后的；身后的；死后出版的；父亲死后出生的；遗腹的

同根词 pon 放置

(1)opponent n. 对手；敌手；反对者

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同根词

词根 postpone

(1)postponement n. 延期；延缓

单词辨析

推延；延期

(1)suspend 指暂时中断以待某种条件的实现。

(2)defer 正式用词，语气强于postpone，多指故意拖延。

(3)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。

(4)prolong 指把时间延长至超过正常或通常的限度。

(5)delay 普通用词，多指因外界原因推迟或耽误，也可指有意推迟。

(6)put off 口语用词，与postpone同义，但较通俗。

释义

v.

cause or arrange for (something) to take place at a time later than that first scheduled

推迟，延迟，延缓

the visit had to be postponed for some time

访问不得不延迟一段时间

[with present participle]he postponed implementing the scheme until industry and business were consulted.

他延迟执行该计划，直到咨询了工业和商业部门为止。

易错必背词

postpone + 名词 推迟...

(1)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。[渭南 2022 阅读理解]

postpone doing sth 推迟做某事

(1)They postpone carrying it out.

他们推迟执行它。[任丘 2022 阅读理解]

postpone ... to/until ... 推迟...直到...

(1)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。[宿迁 2022 七选五]

(2)We'll have to postpone the meeting to next week.

我们将不得不把会议推迟到下周。[全国 2022 完成句子]

词源

"late 15th cent.: from Latin postponere, from post ‘after'＋ ponere ‘to place’."

考纲分布

近12年出现4次

重要程度: 4星

100%; vt 推迟; 延期

考纲释义

( 1)vt. 推迟; 延期

真题例句：

Postpone his appointment.

推迟他的任命。[2019年 全国卷3 听力]

考纲分布

近9年出现1次

重要程度: 3星

100%; v 推迟; 延期

考纲释义

( 1)v. 推迟; 延期

英文释义：cause or arrange for something to take place at a time later than that first scheduled

真题例句：

"It's been postponed until 2017," says Anna Somers, the founder and CEO of The Art Newspaper and the former head of Venice in Peril, a group devoted to restoring Venetian art.

Anna Somers，《艺术报》(the Art Newspaper)的创始人兼首席执行官(CEO)，也是致力于恢复威尼斯艺术的威尼斯危机组织(Venice in Peril)的前负责人，她说，“这已被推迟到2017年。”[2018年 CET4 阅读理解]

必考派生词

postponement n. 延期；推迟

考纲分布

近9年出现6次

重要程度: 4星

100%; v 推迟; 延期

考纲释义

( 1)v. 推迟; 延期

英文释义：cause or arrange for something to take place at a time later than that first scheduled

真题例句：

It was postponed to the following day.

会议推迟到第二天举行。[2020年 CET6 听力]

Why did Berlin postpone the opening of its dream airport again and again?

为什么柏林一再推迟其梦想中的机场的开放？[2019年 CET6 听力]

To allow them to postpone their monthly mortgage payments.

让他们可以推迟月供。[2016年 CET6 听力]

必考派生词

postponement n. 延期；推迟

考纲分布

近16年出现3次

重要程度: 4星

100%; v 推迟; 延期

考纲释义

( 1)v. 推迟; 延期

英文释义：cause or arrange for something to take place at a time later than that first scheduled

真题例句：

Postpone their undergraduate application.

推迟他们的本科申请。[2022年 英语一 阅读理解A]

单词辨析

postpone 意为“推迟、使……延期”，常指人为的推迟。

delay 意为“耽搁、延误、延期”，常指因外界因素而拖延。

用法讲解

postpone作及物动词，其后可接名词、代词或者动名词（doing的形式），如：postpone building the new hospital，不能接动词不定式（to do的形式）。

(1)Am I? And was it your idea to postpone the wedding? I'm gonna go to the bathroom. Wait up.

是吗？是你提议把婚期延后的？我要上厕所。等我。《Friends Season 4》《老友记 第四季》

(2)I'm sorry, Your Honor. Would it be okay if we postpone this for now for just a little while? Would that be okay?

对不起，法官大人，如果可以我想延期审理可以吗?《17 Again》《重返十七岁》

(3)You're gonna find a place. But even if God forbid you didn't, so you postpone the wedding. Is that really so bad?

你们会找到场地的，就算找不到，那就延期嘛，有那么糟糕吗？《Friends Season 4》《老友记 第四季》

(4)Now, I know what you're going to say. I made a commitment to Bernadette and to your family and I've got a hell of a lot of nerve coming in here and demanding that we postpone this thing.

我知道你想说什么，我已对伯纳黛特和您家作出承诺，我鼓起万般勇气来到这里提出延期的要求实在是太过分了。《The Big Bang Theory Season 5》《生活大爆炸 第五季》

(5)Never postpone joy.

永远不要把快乐推迟。《光之声》