postpone

🇬🇧/pəˈspəʊn/ 🇺🇸/poʊˈspoʊn/📚 6649 104 2四级六级考研托福雅思高考

If you postpone an event, you delay it or arrange for it to take place at a later time than was originally planned. ^推迟

He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day. ^{他决定将探险活动推迟到第二天。}

post- 表示“在后面”、“邮件，邮政”postpone 推迟（post+phone 放→放到后面→推迟）

单词造句:

近义词delay/dɪˈleɪ/vi. 耽搁；延期

词组	含义	例句
postpone sth. until,...	推迟至：表示将某事推迟到特定的时间或日期。	Do you think it convenience to postpone until 10:30? ^{你看我们把约会推迟到10点半方便吗？}
postpone sth. for	将某事推迟到……	Our meeting was delayed / postponed for ten minutes.