英语词汇“delay”的释义、区别辨析及用法例句-英语同义词词典

单词

delay

例句

noun | verb

delaydelay1 /dɪˈleɪ/ noun (plural delays) ► delay

a situation when something happens later or more slowly than you planned or expected:

The plane finally took off after a delay of about an hour.

The work on the bridge is likely to cause long traffic delays, so plan ahead.

► holdup (informal)

a situation that is causing something to happen more slowly than you planned or expected:

We’ve been waiting in line for 45 minutes. What’s the holdup?

► wait

a time when you have to wait for something to happen:

There will be a short wait before you can see the doctor.

► postponement (formal)

the act of changing the time or date of an event to a later time or date:

Ken asked for a postponement of the meeting so he could have another day to prepare.

noun | verb

delaydelay2 /dɪˈleɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle delayed, delays) ► delay

to make someone arrive late or make something happen late:

The meeting was delayed for ten minutes while we waited for Gina.

They delayed the flight because of fog.

► hold up (informal)

hold up means the same as delay but is informal:

The accident held up traffic for more than two hours on Route 1.

Sorry I’m late - I got held up at work.

► postpone

to change the time of an event to a later time or date:

We had to postpone the trip because of Dad’s illness.

► procrastinate

to delay doing something that you should do, because you do not want to do it:

Stop procrastinating and get your homework done!

► put off (informal)

put off means the same as procrastinate but is informal:

I keep putting off doing my housework, because it’s so boring.

Don’t put it off any longer, or you won’t have any time to see your friends.

➔ GRAMMAR: You say "put off something" or "put something off," not just put off.

► stall (informal)

to deliberately delay doing something until a later time, either because you are not ready or to give yourself an advantage:

You need to quit stalling and go out there and talk to him.

➔ If you stall someone, you try to prevent him or her from doing something until later: Can you stall her for a few minutes while I keep looking for her keys?

► defer (formal)

to delay starting or doing something, usually so that something else can happen first:

The committee deferred the decision so that they could get more information on the subject.

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