Postpone
[ po'spon ]
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vt. 使延期，延缓;把…放在次要地位;把…放在后面;
vi. 延缓;延缓发作;
💡 词根助记
post在后面+pon放+e→放到后面→推迟
📝 例句
She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.
她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。
It won' t hurt to postpone the matter for a few days.
把此事搁置几天并无妨碍。
I have to postpone our appointment.
我要把我们的约会延期。
I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.
在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。
It won't hurt to postpone the meeting for a few more days.
会议再推迟几天也无妨。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ post-邮件,p-拼音“怕”,one-一:邮件怕推迟一天
※ post-邮件,po-拼音“婆”,ne-拼音“呢”:邮件被婆婆放哪呢,看来要延迟送到了
※ post-邮件,po-拼音“婆”,ne-拼音“呢”:这邮件看来要推迟了,婆婆怎么不着急呢
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
postpone
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tg]
~ sth (to sth) arrange sth at a later time; defer sth 使某事物延期; 推迟某事物
The match was postponed to the following Saturday because of bad weather. 比赛因天气不好而延期到下星期六进行.
Let's postpone making adecision until we have more information. 咱们在获取更多情报之後再做决定不迟. Cf 参看 advance 6, cancel 1.
2 (idm 习语) postpone the evil `hour/`day put off until a later time an unpleasant task, etc, that one will eventually have to do 缓做一终须做的厌恶事.
🎯 考研助记
post（在…之后）+pone（放置）= 推迟 网友：yqy 补充：邮递（post）手机（phone）的事情要推迟了，因为没有h啊
🔁 扩展释义
*[pәust'pәun]vt. 延迟, 使延期, 缓办, 搁延vi. 延缓, 延缓发作【化】 延期
🏥 医学释义
推迟，延期，搁置
📖 同为「CET-4」词汇
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I'm staying with a friend of mine. Her name is Kate Klarke.
我打算和我的一个朋友住在一起。她叫凯特·克拉克。
Well, you just need lots of practice. The more you listen to English, the easier it becomes.
噢，你需要大量的练习。英语你听的越多，就越容易听懂。
I'd prefer to do that tomorrow. I don't feel like walking very much today.
我宁可明天游览。今天我不太想步行。