delay
v. 推遲; 耽誤; 磨蹭; 使遲到
n. 延期; 耽誤
If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
For sentimental reasons I wanted to delay my departure until June...
因為感情方面的原因,我想把離開的日期延遲至6月。
They had delayed having children, for the usual reason, to establish their careers...
為了那個通常的原因——創立自己的事業,他們推遲了要孩子。
To delay someone or something means to make them late or to slow them down.
Can you delay him in some way?...
你能想辦法拖住他一會兒嗎?
Various setbacks and problems delayed production...
各種各樣的挫折和問題耽擱了生產進度。
If you delay, you deliberately take longer than necessary to do something.
If he delayed any longer, the sun would be up.
如果他再拖延,太陽就要出來了。
If there is a delay, something does not happen until later than planned or expected.
They claimed that such a delay wouldn't hurt anyone...
他們聲稱這樣的延期對誰都不會造成損害。
Although the tests have caused some delay, flights should be back to normal this morning.
雖然檢測造成了一定的延遲,不過今天早上航班就應該能恢復正常了。
Delay is a failure to do something immediately or in the required or usual time.
There is no time left for delay...
已經沒有時間再耽誤了。
We'll send you a quote without delay.
我們會立刻送一份報價給你。
1. time during which some action is awaited;
2. the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
1. cause to be slowed down or delayed;
2. act later than planned, scheduled, or required;
3. stop or halt;
4. slow the growth or development of;
delay, postpone, defer, suspend, prolong, put off
這些動詞或短語動詞均有"推延,延期"之意。
His delay made the teacher angry.
他的遲到使老師生氣了.
The assembly voted to delay the legislation to allow further consultation to take place.
議會投票決定暫緩立法以便進一步磋商.
They were granted a delay of 48 hours to gather more evidence.
准許他們遲延48小時,以收集更多的證據.
We surmised that the delay was caused by some accident.
我們推測遲延是由某種事故所致.
Don't delay any more.
不要再拖了.