[VERB 动词]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.
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Customers often defer payment for as long as possible...
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.
我不会因为它们没有即刻在政治上受到欢迎就推迟作出这些决定。
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[VERB 动词]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.
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Doctors are encouraged to defer to experts.
鼓励医生听从专家的意见。
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defer/dɪˈfɜː(r); NAmEdɪˈfɜːr/verb(-rr-)defer(doing) sth ( formal) to delay sth until a later time 推迟;延缓;展期SYN
put off
◆The department deferred the decision for six months.这个部门推迟了六个月才作决定。◆She had applied for deferred admission to college.她已申请延期入学。▶de·fer·mentdefermentdeferments/; NAmE/de·fer·raldeferraldeferrals/dɪˈfɜːrəl; NAmEdɪˈfɜːrəl/noun[uncountable , countable ]PHRASAL VERBdeˈfer to sb/sth( formal) to agree to accept what sb has decided or what they think about sb/sth because you respect him or her 遵从;听从;顺从◆We will defer to whatever the committee decides.我们遵从委员会的任何决定。deferdefersdeferreddeferringdefer/dɪˈfɜː(r); NAmEdɪˈfɜːr/de·fer·ment/; NAmE/de·fer·ral/dɪˈfɜːrəl; NAmEdɪˈfɜːrəl/
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deferde‧fer /dɪˈfɜː $ -ˈfɜːr/ ●○○ verb (past tense and past participle deferred, present participle deferring) [transitive]
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to delay something until a later dateSYN put backdefer something until/to something Further discussion on the proposal will be deferred until April. The committee deferred their decision.► see thesaurus at
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—deferment noun [countable, uncountable]—deferral noun [countable, uncountable]defer to phrasal verb formalto agree to accept someone’s opinion or decision because you have respect for that person: I will defer to your wishes.
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