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delaying

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

拖延,拖延时间,拖延的,耽误时间

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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.

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Examples

  • This current system has built-in redundancy in case any of the companies experiences delays in their distribution.

  • There were long delays and a series of what they regarded as inexplicable decisions in the case.

  • This delay allowed the researchers to look for improvements in symptoms that were not related to the drug.

  • The unusual autumn major championship had barely gotten underway at Augusta National Golf Club before it was halted, and the delay will prevent the first round from finishing on Thursday.

  • “Most of the delays that happen today are due to the fact that there is no single source of truth,” says Timsit.

  • We need to a better job of explaining that women use birth control for much more than delaying or avoiding motherhood.

  • He protests his innocence but is delaying the case as long as possible.

  • A House Republican proposal to extend the shutdown while delaying the debt-ceiling default is therefore DOA.

  • Boehner and senior aides repeatedly tweeted that the House vote was really about “fairness” in delaying the individual mandate.

  • Yet delaying reform through endless negotiation was only one of the games Wall Street lobbyists have played.

  • He is also liable if delaying unreasonably to make repairs, or for making them unskillfully.

  • It might be well enough to make IC spend valuable time looking for him, but such delaying actions had no positive value.

  • First, the reason professed for delaying nearly a year to recognise and address the King after his restoration.

  • At each telegraphic station the clerks transmitted messages delivered to them, delaying for State dispatches alone.

  • Young Andrews, risking everything, was still delaying his return to his post at Junnar.