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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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  • postpone for to until - WordReference Forums
    If you postpone a meeting "until next week" it means that, for example, a meeting scheduled for today, February 28th, will now be held sometime between March 2nd and March 6th If a meeting is scheduled for some future week (say March 13th), it could be postponed "until the next week," that is, the week of March 16th-20th
  • 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 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
  • 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 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
  • 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 their meeting lt;until after gt; the holiday [two prepositons]
    Ms Carter has asked her client to postpone their meeting until after the holiday next week I found this in my textbook, and I wondered why there are two preposition next to each other
  • Silent t: the t in pistol and postpone: pronounced or not??
    I agree, the t is is pronounced is postpone, perhaps subtly partially unreleased, but there I can't imagine a situation wherein a listener just did not catch the word at all, and the speaker, slowing down and repeating by syllables in a louder voice, in that jocular way we sometimes do, would do anything other than sound the t
  • Postpone the event to till tomorrow evening - WordReference Forums
    What are the difference in meaning between the followings: 1 Let's postpone the event till tomorrow evening 2 Let's postpone the event tomorrow evening 3 Let's postpone the event to tomorrow evening 4 Let's postpone the event to 12th June (a future date)
  • defer vs postpone - WordReference Forums
    I generally use postpone when there is a time at which the postponed activity will take place, defer if some non-time-related condition must be met in order for the deferred activity can take place For example: "Let's postpone this decision until Monday " "Let's defer this decision until Chris can join in the discussion "





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