一、詳細(xì)釋義：


v.

使延期；延遲；遲緩 [I,T]


例句：

Could we postpone our meeting to sometime early next week?

我們能否將約會(huì)推遲到下星期的頭幾天？


例句：

Let's postpone making a decision until we have more information.

咱們在獲取更多情況之后再做決定不遲。


【語】把…放在后面（或句尾） [T]


例句：

Everyone should postpone private gain to the public welfare.

我們應(yīng)該把個(gè)人利益置于公眾福利之后。


（瘧疾等）延緩發(fā)作（或復(fù)發(fā)） [I]

二、詞義辨析：


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

這些動(dòng)詞或短語動(dòng)詞均有“推延，延期”之意。 delay普通用詞，多指因外界原因推遲或耽誤，也可指有意推遲。 postpone正式用詞，語氣較強(qiáng)，多指有安排的延期，常指明延期到一定的時(shí)間。 defer正式用詞，語氣強(qiáng)于postpone，多指故意拖延。 suspend指暫時(shí)中斷以待某種條件的實(shí)現(xiàn)。 prolong指把時(shí)間延長至超過正常或通常的限度。 put off口語用詞，與postpone同義，但較通俗。


三、參考例句：


I think we should postpone the outing.

我認(rèn)為我們應(yīng)該推遲這次郊游。


Can we postpone the meeting till tomorrow?

我們可以把會(huì)議延期到明天嗎?


It won' t hurt to postpone the meeting.

不妨把開會(huì)時(shí)間往後延。


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

因?yàn)樘鞖獠缓?，我們不得不延期出行?/p>

Everyone should postpone private gain to the public welfare.

我們應(yīng)該把個(gè)人利益置于公眾福利之后。


I no longer want to postpone anything in life.

我不想再把任何事延后。


We have to postpone sending our answer to the request.

我們不得不暫緩寄出對申請書的答復(fù)。


Could we postpone our meeting to sometime early next week?

我們能否將約會(huì)推遲到下星期的頭幾天？


He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day.

他決定把探險(xiǎn)推遲到第二天。


They will postpone their program if it rains.

如果下雨，他們就會(huì)延期項(xiàng)目。