柯林斯詞典postpone /p??st?p??n/ (postponing,postponed,postpones) 1. V-T If you postpone an event, you delay it or arrange for it to take place at a later time than was originally planned. 推遲 He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day. 他決定將探險(xiǎn)活動(dòng)推遲到第二天。 返回 postpone劍橋詞典to delay an event and plan or decide that it should happen at a later date or time 推遲，延緩，使延期 They decided to postpone their holiday until next year . 他們決定將假期推遲到來年。 [ 動(dòng)詞後麪接一個(gè)動(dòng)詞ing結(jié)搆 ] We've had to postpone going to France because the children are ill . 因爲(wèi)孩子們生病了，我們不得不推遲去法國的行程。 例句 The negotiations have been postponed indefinitely .I was really angry when she asked me to postpone my trip to help her move house .There's no point postponing the event just because the weather forecast is bad .We decided to postpone the party until my parents had returned from America .The exams have been postponed until next month . 返回 postpone