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postpone    音标拼音: [postp'on] [posp'on]
vt. 延迟,使延期,缓办,搁延
vi. 延缓发作

延迟,使延期,缓办,搁延延缓发作

postpone
v 1: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [synonym:
{postpone}, {prorogue}, {hold over}, {put over}, {table},
{shelve}, {set back}, {defer}, {remit}, {put off}]

Postpone \Post*pone"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Postponed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Postponing}.] [L. postponere, postpositum; post after
ponere to place, put. See {Post-}, and {Position}.]
1. To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to
cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as,
to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following
day, or indefinitely.
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His praise postponed, and never to be paid.
--Cowper.
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2. To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to
precedence, preference, value, or importance.
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All other considerations should give way and be
postponed to this. --Locke.
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Syn: To adjourn; defer; delay; procrastinate.
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47 Moby Thesaurus words for "postpone":
adjourn, continue, dally, defer, delay, drag out, extend,
hang fire, hang up, hold off, hold over, hold up, lay aside,
lay away, lay by, lay over, pigeonhole, prolong, prorogate,
prorogue, protract, push aside, put aside, put away,
put in mothballs, put off, put on ice, recess, reserve, set aside,
set by, shelve, shift off, sideline, sleep on, stand over,
stave off, stay, store, stow, stretch out, suspend, table,
table the motion, take a recess, temporize, waive


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  • put off until tomorrow vs. postpone for tomorrow
    To postpone is to reschedule for a later time; to put off is to avoid, usually repeatedly, until the latest possible day or time, if there is any The common maxim advises us not to "put off" for another day (procrastinate) something that can (just as well) be done today
  • postpone or delay? - WordReference Forums
    You can postpone a meeting to a later date but that does not mean the meeting is waiting for something For example: you have a meeting at first hour in the morning in you decide to postpone it to make sure everyone makes it on time It does not mean you are waiting, as all members could be there on time Delay means there is some waiting
  • postponed to a later date - WordReference Forums
    Is it correct to say "The meeting has been postponed to a later date"? I wonder whether 'to a later date' is redundant, but I often seen the phrase with 'postponed' Thanks
  • Postpone put off hold off - WordReference Forums
    Hi As far as I know pospone and put off can be interchangeable in sentences such as: -I had to pospone put off the meeting until tomorrow morning -I am going to pospone put off my decision until a later time Could hold off be used with the same meaning in these two examples -I had to hold
  • Put off and postpone - WordReference Forums
    I would say that "put off" and "postpone" can mean practically the same thing: "They decided to put off postpone the wedding until next year" or "The race was put off postponed because of the rain" The meaning of "put off" as "procrastinate" is a slightly different use, although obviously it has the same basic meaning of delaying something: "He always puts his homework off until the last minute"
  • postpone lt;making gt; a decision | WordReference Forums
    Postpone may be followed by the -ing form (gerund participle) Be born to do something - is standard Be born doing (something) - is unusual usage, but it seems to me to be grammatically similar to your other example Note that "making a decision" is a direct object, whereas "eating fried rice" is a verb phrase complement
  • Postpone to (date) - WordReference Forums
    Hello, If I use the verb to postpone to change a date For example, a meeting was scheduled on March 13th but I need to postpone the meeting to March
  • postpone it to later postpone it later - WordReference Forums
    Can we postpone it later? — No, let’s postpone it now Can we postpone it until later? — Okay I don’t really have time at the moment anyway
  • Postpone from Thursday to Friday - WordReference Forums
    I see no reason why you shouldn’t express it like that — although putting the date of a meeting back by only one day seems scarcely to merit the term postponement It’s typically used to mean delaying something for an indefinite length of time, or at least to some time in the future that’s more distant than just the next day
  • Rescheduling a meeting or appointment - WordReference Forums
    Hi, there is a question that made me think for a while and I'd like to know the answer Say you've got a meeting with your boss (or anybody else) at 7 PM on April 23, and you cannot show up at that specific hour for whatever reason Now, you don't want to disappoint the person you are meeting





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