Postpone
[ po'spon ]
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vt. 使延期，延缓;把…放在次要地位;把…放在后面;
vi. 延缓;延缓发作;
💡 词根助记
post在后面+pon放+e→放到后面→推迟
📝 例句
She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.
她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。
It won' t hurt to postpone the matter for a few days.
把此事搁置几天并无妨碍。
I have to postpone our appointment.
我要把我们的约会延期。
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。
It won't hurt to postpone the meeting for a few more days.
会议再推迟几天也无妨。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ post-邮件,p-拼音“怕”,one-一:邮件怕推迟一天
※ post-邮件,po-拼音“婆”,ne-拼音“呢”:邮件被婆婆放哪呢,看来要延迟送到了
※ post-邮件,po-拼音“婆”,ne-拼音“呢”:这邮件看来要推迟了,婆婆怎么不着急呢
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
postpone
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tg]
~ sth (to sth) arrange sth at a later time; defer sth 使某事物延期; 推迟某事物
The match was postponed to the following Saturday because of bad weather. 比赛因天气不好而延期到下星期六进行.
Let's postpone making adecision until we have more information. 咱们在获取更多情报之後再做决定不迟. Cf 参看 advance 6, cancel 1.
2 (idm 习语) postpone the evil `hour/`day put off until a later time an unpleasant task, etc, that one will eventually have to do 缓做一终须做的厌恶事.
🎯 考研助记
post（在…之后）+pone（放置）= 推迟 网友：yqy 补充：邮递（post）手机（phone）的事情要推迟了，因为没有h啊
🔁 扩展释义
*[pәust'pәun]vt. 延迟, 使延期, 缓办, 搁延vi. 延缓, 延缓发作【化】 延期
🏥 医学释义
推迟，延期，搁置
📖 同为「CET-4」词汇
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What about you, Bob? A bowl of soup?
你怎么样，鲍勃？喝碗汤好吗？
Then grow some tomatoes in one box which has plant food in the soil and some in another box which doesn't.
然后，在一个箱子里种一些西红柿，里面的土有养料，而在另一个箱子里也种一些，但里面的土没有养料。
How are you getting on with your English lessons?
你的英语课学得怎么样了？