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delay

/dih-ley/US // dɪˈleɪ //UK // (dɪˈleɪ) //

延迟,拖延,拖延时间,延误

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to put off to a later time; defer; postpone: The pilot delayed the flight until the weather cleared.
    • : to impede the process or progress of; retard; hinder: The dense fog delayed the plane's landing.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to put off action; linger; dally: He delayed until it was too late.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of delaying; procrastination.
    • : an instance of being delayed: There were many delays during the train trip.
    • : the period or amount of time during which something is delayed: The ballet performance began after a half-hour delay.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noundeferment, interruption
Forms: delayed, delaying, delays
Synonyms
lag落差,落后,落后于人,落后的moratorium暂缓执行,暂缓期,暂缓,暂停期postponement延期,推迟,延迟,延期付款problem问题,问题所在,问题的,问题的解决setback后退,挫折,倒退,后移stoppage停工,停机,停顿,停产suspension悬挂,暂停,悬浮液,悬浮物wait等待,伺候,侍候,等待着adjournment休会,休庭,休会期,休会期间bind束缚,捆绑,绑定,结合check检查,检查一下cunctation忏悔,阴部,忏悔录,阴户dawdling磨磨蹭蹭,磨磨蹭蹭的,颟顸无知,颟顸的demurral扰乱秩序,扰民,扰乱治安,扰乱市场秩序detention拘留,拘留所,拘押,拘禁discontinuation停产,中断,中止,终止downtime宕机时间,停工时间,停工期,停工filibuster拉布,拉布条,拉布战,拉皮条hindrance阻碍,障碍物,障碍,阻碍因素holding控股,控股权,控股公司,控股股东impediment障碍物,障碍,故障,阻碍interval间隔,间隙,间歇期,间隔时间jam卡住,卡住了,卡纸,果酱lingering悠长的,绵绵不绝,悠长,绵绵不绝的logjam障碍重重,障碍物,障碍loitering徘徊不前,游荡,闲逛,徘徊obstruction阻挠,阻塞,阻碍,障碍物procrastination拖延症,拖延,拖延问题,拖延的问题prorogation休会,会期,会期结束,暂停会议remission减免,缓解,缓刑,减轻reprieve缓刑,赦免,缓和,缓刑期retardation弱智,弱智症,智障,延缓showstopper节目主持人,节目组,节目预告,节目录制stall摊位,档期,档口,摊开stay逗留,保持,逗留时间,留stop停止,停下来,停,停住surcease停止,缓解,缓解压力,消灭tie-up捆绑,拴住,束缚,联系cooling-off period冷却期,冷静期,制冷期,冷却时间hangup挂断电话,挂断,挂起,挂机hold-up耽搁,耽搁了,滞留,耽搁时间holding pattern保持模式,保持模式的人,控股模式putting off推迟,推迟付款,推迟执行,延迟retardment返修,回国,返还,补给
verbcause stop in action
Forms: delayed, delaying, delays
Synonyms
adjourn休会,押后,休庭,休会期bar吧台,酒吧,杠杠,栏block块,阻止,阻挡,块状defer延期,推迟,延迟,押后detain扣留,羁押,拘留,拘押hamper阻碍,篮子,阻碍物,篮板hold持有,举行,保持,持有的impede阻挡,阻阻,阻挡了,牵制keep保持,保持保持obstruct阻挠,阻挡,阻碍,妨碍postpone推迟,延迟,延期,推迟进行prevent防止,预防,阻止,避免prolong延长,延续,延展,延长时间put off推迟,延缓,推迟了,推迟执行restrict限制,约束,限定,限制性shelve搁置,搁浅,搁架,搁置的stall摊位,档期,档口,摊开stay逗留,保持,逗留时间,留suspend暂停,悬挂,吊销,暂缓withhold扣留,隐瞒,隐瞒不报,隐匿arrest逮捕,拘捕,抓捕,捕获check检查,检查一下choke窒息,卡住,噎住,噎住了clog堵塞,堵塞物,堵塞的问题,堵塞堵塞confine封闭,禁锢,禁闭,拘束curb路边,遏止,路边的,马路牙子dawdle磨磨蹭蹭,磨蹭,磨磨蹭蹭的,磨蹭了deter遏止,阻止,阻吓,遏阻dilly-dally磨磨蹭蹭,磨磨蹭蹭的,磨磨蹭蹭地,磨磨蹭蹭地走discourage劝阻,劝告,阻止,劝说drag拖动,拖累,拖拽,拖曳encumber负担,拖累,负担不起,拖累了filibuster拉布,拉布条,拉布战,拉皮条inhibit抑制,阻止,禁止,压制interfere干扰,干涉,干预,干擾intermit遗漏,隐瞒,漏报,隐匿lag落差,落后,落后于人,落后的linger流连忘返,徘徊,徘徊不前loiter闲逛,徘徊,游荡,徜徉procrastinate拖延时间,拖延,拖拖拉拉,迟迟不动prorogue序幕,序言,序曲,序厅protract旷日持久,拖延时间,延长时间,延长remand还押,还押犯,发回重审,收押repress压迫,压制,镇压,压抑retard迟钝,迟钝的人,迟缓,拖延时间slacken弛缓,松懈,松弛,弛缓的table桌子,表格,表,餐桌tarry耽搁,耽搁了,耽误时间,耽搁时间temporize暂缓,暂时的,暂时性的,暂时性bide time韬光养晦,缓兵之计,拖延时间,韬晦gain time获得时间,获取时间,收益时间,收获时间hold over搁置,把握住,保留,把握住了keep back隐退,隐瞒,隐忍,隐忍不发lay over搁置,敷设,叠加,铺设stave off缓和,避开,延缓,缓期执行
Antonyms

Examples

  • There, reports of an explosion in testing wait times and delays in people getting notified of positive results have sparked rumors of another lockdown.

  • After a summer of delays and postponements, the fall movie release schedule is finally starting to take shape.

  • Barrera said the school, though, should have allowed those eight students to continue with the class without delay.

  • Unusually, Apple did not debut a next generation iPhone due to the aforementioned production delays.

  • We needed to own the reality of the delays customers were experiencing.

  • The child almost died from the delay of an hour in seeking help.

  • Dr. Melson says abstinence only training shows no delay in sexual activity.

  • This is a case where delay is denial—with potentially deadly results.

  • There was, I am told, a two-hour delay caused by concerns about the temperature of the fuel.

  • But delay hurts, deprivation is unfair, and waiting (and waiting) matters.

  • I hate to be long at my toilette at any time; but to delay much in such a matter while travelling is folly.

  • So, small as his force was, only one hundred and eighty, he determined to move out and attack Porter without delay.

  • Any delay in covering such deficit shall be subject to such charge as the Federal Reserve Board may impose.

  • I have left a dozen men behind me, who'll hunt me over the country, if I don't rejoin them without delay.

  • Very likely the next great war will have begun before we realize that the three days' delay in the fall of Antwerp saved Calais.