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单词 postpone
释义 postpone
 —postponable,  adj.   —postponement,  n.   —postponer,  n.  
 /pohst pohn", pohs-/, v.t., postponed, postponing.
  1. to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
  2. to place after in order of importance or estimation; subordinate: to postpone private ambitions to the public welfare.
 [1490-1500; < L postponere to put after, lay aside, equiv. to post- POST- + ponere to put]
 Syn. 1. See defer1.
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