Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense defers, present participle deferring, past tense, past participle deferred
1VERB 推迟;拖延;延缓 If you defer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time. 推迟;拖延;延缓
Customers often defer payment for as long as possible. [VERB noun/verb-ing]
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. [VERB noun/-ing]
2VERB 遵从;听从;顺从 If you defer to someone, 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. 遵从;听从;顺从
Doctors are encouraged to defer to experts. [VERB + to]
ADVERB | VERB + DEFER | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤indefinitely無限期推延◇The decision has been deferred indefinitely.作出決定的時間被無限期推遲。➤endlessly無限推遲VERB + DEFER➤agree to, decide to同意/決定推遲PREPOSITION➤for推遲⋯時間◇Sentence was deferred for six months.宣判推遲了 6 個月。➤pending推遲直至⋯◇Diagnosis was deferred pending further assessment.診斷等進一步評估後才能作出。➤till, until推遲到⋯◇We agreed to defer discussion of these issues until the next meeting.我們同意把這些問題推遲到下次會議討論。