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delay v.耽搁；推迟；延误n.耽搁；延期；推迟 (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。 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."

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英 [dɪ'leɪ] 美 [dɪ'leɪ] (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. A delay is a wait or a postponement. An unexpected delay before the start of a play might make the audience restless and noisy. 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:cancel  [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。

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:cancel [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。

Delay Ed Verb 动词 Wait Make Immediately Planned