postponement

界面语言: zh

🇺🇸 /poʊˈstpoʊnmənt/

📖 释义

noun
推迟; 延期; 缓期; 拖延

EN: The act of delaying or putting off an event, action, or decision to a later time.; The state or condition of being deferred or delayed.; A formal or official decision to reschedule something to a later date.; The act of procrastinating or habitually putting things off.

可数 / 不可数复数: postponements

postponement ofindefinite postponementrequest a postponementannounce a postponementdue to postponement

postponepostponablepostponer

delaydeferraladjournmentprocrastinationreschedulingputting off

accelerationadvancementhastening

deferral

EN: 'Deferral' is more formal and often used in financial, legal, or academic contexts (e.g., tax deferral); 'postponement' is more general.

zh: 'Deferral' 更为正式，常用于金融、法律或学术语境中（例如：税收递延）；而 'postponement' 则更为通用。

delay

EN: 'Delay' can be unintentional or caused by external factors; 'postponement' implies a deliberate decision to move something to a later time.

zh: 'Delay' 可能是无意的或由外部因素引起的；'postponement' 则暗示着将某事推迟到较晚时间的有意决定。

EN: Remember that 'postponement' retains the 'e' from 'postpone' before the suffix '-ment' (postpone + ment = postponement).

zh: 请记住，'postponement' 在添加后缀 '-ment' 之前保留了 'postpone' 中的 'e'（postpone + ment = postponement）。

The postponement of the concert disappointed thousands of fans who had already purchased tickets.

音乐会的延期让数千名已购票的粉丝感到失望。
The project remained in a state of postponement due to ongoing budget negotiations.

由于持续的预算谈判，该项目仍处于延期状态。
The court granted a postponement of the trial until new evidence could be reviewed.

法院批准将审判延期，以便审查新证据。
His constant postponement of important tasks led to a buildup of unfinished work.

他不断推迟重要任务，导致未完成的 Work 堆积如山。