postpone [ pəust'pəun] vt.延迟，推迟，延缓
postpone [pəust'pəun] vt.推迟,延期
postpone [pəust'pəun] 延迟
惠请宽限 let the matter stand over till then.; allow me a short extension of time. ; Kindly postpone the time for payment a little longer.
Did you get the message the meeting has been postponed?
你得没得到通知，会议已经推后了？
We should put aside and postpone all other reforms; that we have but one task-----the istruction of the people, the diffusion of education, the ecourgement of science----on that day a great step will have then been taken in our rgenerion.
Leon Gambetta, French educator
我们应该把一切改革先放下。我们只有一项任务，就是教育人民，普及知识、倡导科学。这一天到来之时，便是我们振国兴邦之日。
法国教育爱甘必大L
I can’t keep the appointment because I am sick. 因为生病所以我不能赴约。
appointment约会
to make an appointment 订约会
to confirm an appointment 确定约会
to change an appointment 改约会
to keep an appointment 守约会
to have an appointment with sb. 与某人有个约会
to cancel an appointment 取消约会
to reschedule an appointment 重新安排约会
to postpone/put off an appointment 推迟约会
to call on 拜访
to be engaged 约会
engagement约会，约定
- sound someone out 试探某人的意见
Have you sounded the principal out on postponing the final examination ?
缓办 postpone; postponed
缓 [huǎn] /slow/sluggish/gradual/to postpone/
推迟 [tuī chí] /to postpone/to put off/
延期 [yán qí] /delay/extension/postpone/
展 [zhǎn] /to use/to spread out/to postpone/to unfold/
{adj: deferred, postponed} put off to later
"requested a deferred payment"
"our postponed trip"
{n: Bodhisattva, Boddhisatva} Buddhist worthy of Nirvana who postpones it to help others
{n: adjournment} the act of postponing to another time or place
{n: procrastinator, postponer, cunctator} someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)
{n: reprieve, respite} the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
{n: reprieve} a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
{v: call} stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather
"call a football game"
{v: cancel, call off} postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
"Call off the engagement"
"cancel the dinner party"
{v: charge} pay with a credit card ; pay with plastic money ; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
"Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?"
<-> pay cash
{v: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off} hold back to a later time
"let's postpone the exam"
{v: procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally} postpone doing what one should be doing
"He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
{v: procrastinate} postpone or delay needlessly
"He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late"
{v: reprieve, respite} postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
Postpone that upgrade.
推迟升级。
While a virus forced Foreman to postpone her pro debut three weeks ago, she has vowed to quickly resume her career.
三个星期前，她因受一种病毒侵袭不得不推迟首次职业比赛，但她发誓要尽快重返拳台。
Sunnis are a minority in Iraq, and many Sunni leaders say the country is not secure enough to hold the vote. One Sunni party has already announced a boycott and several Sunni groups have said they want the balloting postponed because of security concerns.
逊尼派在伊拉克占少数。许多逊尼派领导人表示，伊拉克目前不够安全，不能举行大选。一个逊尼派政党已经宣布要抵制投票；另有几个逊尼派团体表示，出于安全方面的原因，希望投票能够推迟进行。
More U.S. troops are on their way to Iraq ahead of elections set for the end of January. The additional forces are intended to bolster security at a time when the country's insurgency is threatening to prevent voting in areas of the country dominated by Iraq's Sunni minority, some of whom are demanding that the election be postponed.
在伊拉克定于明年一月举行选举之前，美国正在向伊拉克增派部队，以巩固治安。反叛分子威胁说，他们要在以逊尼派为主的地区展开行动，阻止投票。有些逊尼派则要求推迟选举。
During an appearance on the NBC television program, Meet the Press, Mr. Powell was asked if Iraq will be ready to hold national elections in January. He insisted the insurgency can be controlled by then."Nobody is planning to postpone the elections," Mr. Powell says. "[Iraqi] Prime Minister [Iyad] Allawi has been quite clear about this. Of course, we have to bring that insurgency under control. But keep in mind that most of the country would be in a satisfactory position for elections, if they were being held next month."
在美国全国广播公司“会见媒体”的电视节目中，有记者问鲍威尔国务卿伊拉克在明年1月是否能做好举行全国大选的准备时，鲍威尔坚称，反叛活动到那个时候可以得到控制。鲍威尔说：“没有人计划推迟大选。伊拉克总理阿拉维已经明确地表示过这一点。显然，我们必须控制反叛活动。可是，需要记住的是，如果伊拉克下个月就举行全国选举的话，大多数地区的选举准备情况将会是令人满意的。”
Iraqi officials say they have postponed a key national conference that was scheduled to start on Saturday. The aim was to choose a special council to oversee the new interim government.
伊拉克官员说，他们推迟了原定星期六举行的一次重要全国性会议。这次会议的目的是要选出一个监督临时政府工作的特别委员会。
to postpone delivery 推迟交货
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