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Delay Ed Verb 动词 Wait Make Immediately Planned

英语单词 delay
英美音标 英 [dɪ'leɪ] 美 [dɪ'leɪ]
中文释义 v.耽搁;推迟;延误
n.耽搁;延期;推迟
英语例句 (1) It was impossible to delay her at such a crisis.
(2) We decided to delay our wedding until next year.
(3) The weather is responsible for the delay.
(4) Delay is not permissible, even for a single day.
(5) There was a delay of two hours before the plane took off.
中文例句 (1) 在这样一个紧要关头来耽搁她是不可能的。
(2) 我们决定把婚礼推迟到明年。
(3) 由于天气关系才耽搁了。
(4) 不得延误,即使一日亦不可。
(5) 飞机起飞推迟了两个小时。
vocabulary简明 A delay is a wait or a postponement. An unexpected delay before the start of a play might make the audience restless and noisy.
vocabulary扩展 During a delay, you have to wait around for things to begin. Delay is also a verb: "That burnt pizza is going to delay dinner for at least another hour." You can also delay by loitering or hanging around: "The performer always delays when he's nervous about singing in front of a crowd." Delay comes from the Old French delaiier, from the roots de-, "not," and laier, "leave."
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]使延期;使延迟;推迟 If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later. →see usage note at:
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  [V n/-ing]
  [V]
  • For sentimental reasons I wanted to delay my departure until June...

    因为感情方面的原因,我想把离开的日期延迟至6月。

  • They had delayed having children, for the usual reason, to establish their careers...

    为了那个通常的原因——创立自己的事业,他们推迟了要孩子。

  • So don't delay, write in now for your chance of a free gift.

    所以不要再等了,现在就给我们写信,您将有机会得到一份免费礼物。

2
[VERB 动词]使延误;使耽搁 To delay someone or something means to make them late or to slow them down.
  [V n]
  • Can you delay him in some way?...

    你能想办法拖住他一会儿吗?

  • Various setbacks and problems delayed production...

    各种各样的挫折和问题耽搁了生产进度。

  • The passengers were delayed for an hour.

    乘客被延误了一个小时。

3
[VERB 动词](故意)拖延,磨蹭 If you delay, you deliberately take longer than necessary to do something.
  [V]
  • If he delayed any longer, the sun would be up.

    如果他再拖延,太阳就要出来了。

4
[N-VAR 可变名词]延期;延迟;推迟 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...

    他们声称这样的延期对谁都不会造成损害。

  • Although the tests have caused some delay, flights should be back to normal this morning.

    虽然检测造成了一定的延迟,不过今天早上航班就应该能恢复正常了。

5
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]延误;耽搁 Delay is a failure to do something immediately or in the required or usual time.
  • There is no time left for delay...

    已经没有时间再耽误了。

  • We'll send you a quote without delay.

    我们会立刻送一份报价给你。

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