| 单词 | postpone |
| 释义 | postpone (once / 481 pages) v To postpone something is to put it off until later. You can postpone an appointment today and reschedule it for tomorrow. Anything you're putting for is being postponed: people postpone things they don't have time to do or just don't want to do. Since doctor and dental appointments are no fun, people postpone them a lot. You can postpone small things, like going to the store or watching a video. The government can postpone big things, like the passing of bills or the invasion of another country. People who procrastinate are constantly postponing. When you see the word postpone, think "Later!" WORD FAMILYpostpone: postponed, postponement, postponer, postpones, postponing+/postponement: postponements/postponer: postponers USAGE EXAMPLESSenator Dianne Feinstein of California postponed her meeting with Mr. Sessions until January because, she said, her schedule got too busy. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) The exhibition was originally to open at the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin on Dec. 4, but was postponed in November. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, presidential elections were postponed, while the Gambia’s president, Yahya Jammeh, ceded electoral defeat, then refused to step down. The Guardian(Dec 25, 2016) v hold back to a later time let's postpone the exam Syn|Hypo|Hyper defer, hold over, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table call stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather holdstop dealing with suspendrender temporarily ineffective probateput a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence reprieve, respitepostpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution delay act later than planned, scheduled, or required |
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