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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2530 COCA: 3105
delay
dɪleɪ diˈleɪ dɪˈleɪ
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense delays, present participle delaying, past tense , past participle delayed
1 VERB 使延期;使延迟;推迟 If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later. →see usage note at: cancel 使延期;使延迟;推迟

  • For sentimental reasons I wanted to delay my departure until June.

    因为感情方面的原因，我想把离开的日期延迟至6月。

  • They had delayed having children, for the usual reason, to establish their careers.

    为了那个通常的原因—创立自己的事业，他们推迟了要孩子。

  • So don't delay, write in now for your chance of a free gift.

    所以不要再等了，现在就给我们写信，您将有机会得到一份免费礼物。

2 VERB 使延误;使耽搁 To delay someone or something means to make them late or to slow them down. 使延误;使耽搁

  • Can you delay him in some way?. [VERB noun]

    你能想办法拖住他一会儿吗？

  • Various setbacks and problems delayed production.

    各种各样的挫折和问题耽搁了生产进度。

  • The passengers were delayed for an hour. [VERB noun]

    乘客被延误了一个小时。

3 VERB （故意）拖延，磨蹭 If you delay, you deliberately take longer than necessary to do something. （故意）拖延，磨蹭

  • If he delayed any longer, the sun would be up. [VERB]

    如果他再拖延，太阳就要出来了。

SYN linger, lag, loiter, dawdle
4 N-VAR 延期;延迟;推迟 If there is a delay, something does not happen until later than planned or expected. 延期;延迟;推迟

  • They claimed that such a delay wouldn't hurt anyone.

    他们声称这样的延期对谁都不会造成损害。

  • Although the tests have caused some delay, flights should be back to normal this morning.

    虽然检测造成了一定的延迟，不过今天早上航班就应该能恢复正常了。

5 N-UNCOUNT 延误;耽搁 Delay is a failure to do something immediately or in the required or usual time. 延误;耽搁

  • There is no time left for delay.

    已经没有时间再耽误了。

  • We'll send you a quote without delay.

    我们会立刻送一份报价给你。

SYN dawdling, lingering, loitering, procrastination
Thesaurus
Thesaurusdelay Also look up:
VERB.

hold up, postpone, stall; (ant.) hurry, rush 1

N.

interruption, lag; (ant.) rush 4

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