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defer v.推迟；延期；使延期入伍v.顺从；把…委托给他人 (1) 他们再不能推迟动身了。(2) 我们希望推迟到下星期再作出决定。(3) 我要延期到我有更多钱时才去。(4) 公司同意延期三个月后付款。(5) 我们应当顺从父母的意愿。(6) 在这类事情上他们都听从他的意见。(7) 你可把这件事委托给同事去办。 If you're excellent at pushing things to a later date and a master at procrastination, then you already know how to defer. But defer can also mean to comply with another person’s opinion or wishes. So when your boss finds out you deferred your work to shop online instead, you should probably defer when she asks you to come in and finish everything up over the weekend.

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英 [dɪ'fɜː(r)] 美 [dɪ'fɜːr] (1) They cannot defer their departure any longer.(2) We wish to defer our decision until next week.(3) I will defer going till I have more money.(4) The company agree to defer payment for three month.(5) We should defer to our parents' wishes.(6) They all defer to him in these matters.(7) You could defer the matter to your colleague. Defer means to put off or delay. You can try to defer the inevitable by pushing “snooze” and falling back asleep, but eventually you're going to have to get up. 1[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.   [V n/-ing]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。2[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.   [V to n]Doctors are encouraged to defer to experts.鼓励医生听从专家的意见。

英语单词	defer
英美音标	英 [dɪ'fɜː(r)] 美 [dɪ'fɜːr]
中文释义	v.推迟；延期；使延期入伍 v.顺从；把…委托给他人
英语例句	(1) They cannot defer their departure any longer. (2) We wish to defer our decision until next week. (3) I will defer going till I have more money. (4) The company agree to defer payment for three month. (5) We should defer to our parents' wishes. (6) They all defer to him in these matters. (7) You could defer the matter to your colleague.
中文例句	(1) 他们再不能推迟动身了。 (2) 我们希望推迟到下星期再作出决定。 (3) 我要延期到我有更多钱时才去。 (4) 公司同意延期三个月后付款。 (5) 我们应当顺从父母的意愿。 (6) 在这类事情上他们都听从他的意见。 (7) 你可把这件事委托给同事去办。
vocabulary简明	Defer means to put off or delay. You can try to defer the inevitable by pushing “snooze” and falling back asleep, but eventually you're going to have to get up.
vocabulary扩展	If you're excellent at pushing things to a later date and a master at procrastination, then you already know how to defer. But defer can also mean to comply with another person’s opinion or wishes. So when your boss finds out you deferred your work to shop online instead, you should probably defer when she asks you to come in and finish everything up over the weekend.
柯林斯解释	1 [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. [V n/-ing] 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。 2 [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. [V to n] Doctors are encouraged to defer to experts. 鼓励医生听从专家的意见。

Defer I Agree Payment Wishes Pushing Opinion Verb