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postponing

/pohst-pohn, pohs-/US // poʊstˈpoʊn, poʊs- //UK // (pəʊstˈpəʊn, pəˈspəʊn) //

推迟,推迟的,延迟,延期

Related Words

defer延期,推迟,延迟,押后suspend暂停,悬挂,吊销,暂缓delay延迟,拖延,拖延时间,延误hold up举起,抬起,举出,抬头shelve搁置,搁浅,搁架,搁置的adjourn休会,押后,休庭,休会期table桌子,表格,表,餐桌pigeonhole鸽子洞,鸽子笼,鸽子窝,阁楼prorogue序幕,序言,序曲,序厅cool it冷却它,凉拌,冷静,冷静下来hang fire挂火,绞刑,挂机,绞杀hold off抵制,搁置,拖住,隐瞒hold over搁置,把握住,保留,把握住了lay over搁置,敷设,叠加,铺设put back放回原处,转回,放回put on hold搁置,搁置的,放置,暂缓执行

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    post·poned, post·pon·ing.

    • : to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
    • : to place after in order of importance or estimation; subordinate: to postpone private ambitions to the public welfare.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbput off till later time
Synonyms
adjourn休会,押后,休庭,休会期defer延期,推迟,延迟,押后delay延迟,拖延,拖延时间,延误hold up举起,抬起,举出,抬头shelve搁置,搁浅,搁架,搁置的suspend暂停,悬挂,吊销,暂缓pigeonhole鸽子洞,鸽子笼,鸽子窝,阁楼prorogue序幕,序言,序曲,序厅table桌子,表格,表,餐桌cool it冷却它,凉拌,冷静,冷静下来give a rain check改天吧,改天再来,改期,改天再来吧hang fire挂火,绞刑,挂机,绞杀hold off抵制,搁置,拖住,隐瞒hold over搁置,把握住,保留,把握住了lay over搁置,敷设,叠加,铺设put back放回原处,转回,放回put on back burner放在后面,束之高阁,搁浅,搁置put on hold搁置,搁置的,放置,暂缓执行

Examples

  • The SEC is dealing with outbreaks at several programs, and 10 Football Bowl Subdivision games were either canceled or postponed this past week.

  • If football season had been postponed, the Big Ten’s 14 affiliates would’ve each lost some $100 million in revenue.

  • Lynn said he was not aware of any consideration being given to postponing Sunday’s game.

  • They griped in August, when the Big Ten initially announced it was postponing its football season.

  • The Boston Marathon announced Wednesday that it is postponing its 2021 race, the 125th in the event’s history, to at least autumn of that year.

  • And Rep. Jim McDermott laid out an impassioned—and eminently reasonable—case for postponing the vote.

  • One is just postponing the inevitable, while the other seeks to deny that inevitability outright.

  • The New York affiliate said it was postponing two spring fundraising events due to concerns about raising money.

  • The most Rabin said he could accept was an interim deal postponing the hard questions.

  • Samaras rarely got an outright “no” from a sitter, but some people kept postponing their appearances.

  • The hunger of Fred would have prevented his postponing the meal one moment longer than was necessary.

  • It is not easy to see exactly what England will gain by postponing this change.

  • He had no intention of postponing the issue long; for the circumstances of the two powers were wholly favourable to Prussia.

  • Of course, I would have recalled our fixture in good time, and have written postponing your trip to Bison.

  • After having argued so finely, I blew out my candle, postponing the sequel till the morrow.

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