defer
英 [dɪˈfɜː(r)]
美 [dɪˈfɜːr]
v. 推迟; 延缓; 展期
过去分词：deferred 现在分词：deferring 过去式：deferred 第三人称单数：defers
Collins.1 / BNC.8520 / COCA.8699
同义词辨析
deferadjourndelaypostponeput off【导航词义：推迟】
deferv. 推迟，延期
〔辨析〕
较正式用词，多指故意拖延。
〔例证〕
The students would like to defer their discussion until next Monday afternoon.
学生们想把讨论会推迟到下星期一下午进行。
The bank agreed to defer their payments for four months.
银行同意他们延期4个月付款。
Hand in your proposal as soon as possible - you have deferred too long.
尽快提交你的议案——你拖延得太久了。
学生们想把讨论会推迟到下星期一下午进行。
The bank agreed to defer their payments for four months.
银行同意他们延期4个月付款。
Hand in your proposal as soon as possible - you have deferred too long.
尽快提交你的议案——你拖延得太久了。
adjournv. 休（会），休（庭），延期
〔辨析〕
指会议休会、法庭休庭或审判延期。
〔例证〕
The meeting is adjourned for an unknown reason.
会议莫名其妙地休会了。
It was almost 10 o'clock when the court adjourned.
法庭休庭的时候差不多已经10点了。
The trial will be adjourned until June.
审判将推迟到6月。
会议莫名其妙地休会了。
It was almost 10 o'clock when the court adjourned.
法庭休庭的时候差不多已经10点了。
The trial will be adjourned until June.
审判将推迟到6月。
delayv. （使）推迟，耽搁
〔辨析〕
多指由于外在原因而推迟或耽误，有时也指有意推迟。
〔例证〕
The rain delayed the opening ceremony for one hour.
大雨使开幕式延迟了1个小时。
The board decided to delay their vacation until next week.
董事会决定把休假推迟到下周。
Don't delay - homework right now!
别拖了，现在就写作业！
大雨使开幕式延迟了1个小时。
The board decided to delay their vacation until next week.
董事会决定把休假推迟到下周。
Don't delay - homework right now!
别拖了，现在就写作业！
postponev. 延迟，延缓
〔辨析〕
多指有计划地延期，通常会明确延期到何时。
〔例证〕
They planned to postpone their trip until the spring.
他们打算把旅行推迟到春天。
Nokia has postponed the release of its new product.
诺基亚已经推迟了新产品的发布。
他们打算把旅行推迟到春天。
Nokia has postponed the release of its new product.
诺基亚已经推迟了新产品的发布。
put offphr.v. 推迟，延期
〔辨析〕
尤指因出现问题或不想现在做某事而推迟，作此义解时常可与 delay 换用。
〔例证〕
The sports meeting has been put off/delayed until tomorrow due to bad weather.
由于天气恶劣，运动会推迟到明天举行。
The meeting has been put off/delayed until next week so that more people can attend.
为了使更多的人可以参加，此次会议已推迟到下周。
由于天气恶劣，运动会推迟到明天举行。
The meeting has been put off/delayed until next week so that more people can attend.
为了使更多的人可以参加，此次会议已推迟到下周。
短语用例
defer to sb/sth
- 遵从；听从；顺从
to agree to accept what sb has decided or what they think about sb/sth because you respect him or her- The department deferred the decision for six months.
这个部门推迟了六个月才作决定。 - She had applied for deferred admission to college.
她已申请延期入学。
- The department deferred the decision for six months.
牛津词典
verb
- 推迟；延缓；展期
to delay sth until a later time- The department deferred the decision for six months.
这个部门推迟了六个月才作决定。 - She had applied for deferred admission to college.
她已申请延期入学。
- The department deferred the decision for six months.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 推迟;拖延;延缓
If youdeferan event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time.- Customers often defer payment for as long as possible...
顾客常常会尽可能地拖延付款。 - I'm not going to defer decisions just because they are not immediately politically popular.
我不会因为它们没有即刻在政治上受到欢迎就推迟作出这些决定。
- Customers often defer payment for as long as possible...
- VERB 遵从;听从;顺从
If youdefer tosomeone, you accept their opinion or do what they want you to do, even when you do not agree with it yourself, because you respect them or their authority.- Doctors are encouraged to defer to experts.
鼓励医生听从专家的意见。
- Doctors are encouraged to defer to experts.
英英释义
verb
- yield to another's wish or opinion
- The government bowed to the military pressure
- hold back to a later time
- let's postpone the exam
双语例句
- We defer questions of this kind to him.
我们把这类问题交给他决定。 - Let's defer the decision for a few weeks.
咱们延缓几个礼拜再做决定吧。 - To achieve this goal, managers would have to either defer or slow down high-priority software projects.
为达到这一目的，项目管理人员被迫延期高优先级的软件项目或者将开发速度减慢。 - They were willing to defer to my needs.
他们愿意满足我的需求。 - Customers often defer payment for as long as possible
顾客常常会尽可能地拖延付款。 - I will get in trouble if I let you defer again.
如果我再让你们延期，我不会有好日子过的！ - Can we defer making a decision until next week?
我们能推迟到下周再作决定吗？ - On technical matters, I defer to the experts.
在技术问题上，我遵从专家的意见。 - I'd be happy to defer to your wishes, but there's really nothing I can do.
不是我不买你的面子，实在这事不好办。 - No longer did MPs defer to the speaker.
下院议员们不再听从议长了。