delay例句

1. 阻滞，使迟到
2. 推迟，延迟，延缓，使拖延，使延期
3. 耽搁，耽误，延迟，延误，晚点；逗留

1. 耽搁，耽误，延迟，拖延，延误，延时，推迟
2. 耽搁的时间，延迟的时间，延误期
3. 磨蹭，犹豫
4. 被耽搁的事件
5. 延迟器
6. 【体】延迟动作，假动作

1. vt. & vi. (使)耽搁,延误 (cause to) be late; move or act slowly, especially on purpose
2. vt. 推迟,使延期 put (sth) off until later; postpone

1. [U]耽搁,延迟 delaying or being delayed
2. [C]被耽搁〔推迟〕的事件或时间 an example of being delayed; amount of time for which sb/sth is delayed

1.使延期;使延迟;推迟
If youdelay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.

e.g. For sentimental reasons I wanted todelay 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。
e.g. 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。

2.使延误;使耽搁
Todelay someone or something means to make them late or to slow them down.

delay的近义词

e.g. Can youdelay him in some way?...
你能想办法拖住他一会儿吗？
e.g. Various setbacks and problems delayed production...
各种各样的挫折和问题耽搁了生产进度。

3.（故意）拖延，磨蹭
If youdelay, you deliberately take longer than necessary to do something.

e.g. If he delayed any longer, the sun would be up.
如果他再拖延，太阳就要出来了。

4.延期;延迟;推迟
If there is adelay, something does not happen until later than planned or expected.

e.g. They claimed that such adelay wouldn't hurt anyone...
他们声称这样的延期对谁都不会造成损害。
e.g. Although the tests have caused somedelay, 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.延误;耽搁
Delay is a failure to do something immediately or in the required or usual time.

e.g. There is no time left fordelay...
已经没有时间再耽误了。
e.g. We'll send you a quote withoutdelay.
我们会立刻送一份报价给你。

• delay a settlement of the question推迟解决问题
• delay answering the letter推迟答复
• delay dinner推迟宴会
• delay one's departure延误某人启程
• delay one's marriage推迟结婚
• delay one's plan延误计划
• delay one's trip耽误某人的旅行
• delay one's work耽误工作
• delay the appointment推迟任命
• delay the discussion on sth推迟讨论某事
• delay the flight延误航班
• delay the game推迟比赛
• delay the outbreak of the war推迟战争的爆发
• delay treatment延误治疗

• delay disappointingly失望地延误
• delay heartbreakingly痛心地耽误
• delay immeasurably无限地延期
• delay injuriously有害地延误
• delay painfully痛苦地延误
• delay seriously严重耽误
• delay slightly稍稍推迟
• delay unaccountably莫名其妙地延期
• delay unfortunately不幸地延误
• delay unreasonably不合理地延长
• delay uselessly没必要地延期

• delay for an hour推迟一小时
• delay for some time推迟一段时间
• delay until在…前交货

• avoid delay避免耽搁
• cause delay造成延误

• great delay严重的耽搁
• long delay长期拖延
• serious delay严重的延误
• unnecessary delay不必要的耽搁
• unreasonable delay无故的拖延

• after several delays几经耽搁
• owing to postal delays由于邮递的耽搁
• without delay不延迟地,立即
• without the least delay毫不延迟地

• delay in delivery延期交货
• delay in payment延期支付
• delay of two hours两小时的拖延

• For who would bear..the law's delay.

  出自：Hamlet,Shakespeare

• What the hell's all this delay for, Mr Hornblower? D'you want us to miss the tide?

  出自：C. S. Forester

• Th' unprofitable moments..That..still delay Life's instant business to a future day.

  出自：Pope

• As the tender ash delays To clothe herself, when all the woods are green.

  出自：Tennyson

• Mozart had works complete in his head, and delayed writing them down until the last possible minute.

  出自：A. C. Boult

delay v-ing, delay in v-ing

这两个短语意思不同:前者表示“推迟〔耽误〕做某事”,后者表示“忘记做某事”。试比较:

They delayed publishing the article.

他们推迟发表这篇文章。

Don't delay in answering the letter.

别忘记回信。

delay, detain, retard, slacken, slow

这组词都可表示“使某人〔事〕落后于”原计划的安排或通常的进展速度。它们之间的区别是:delay主要指因某事的干扰而妨碍按时完成或到达; detain主要指耽误时间,不能按时到达或离开,也可指不能完成想完成的事情; retard主要指减慢运动、进步速度; slow常与up或down连用,指降低进步的速度,强调主观的意图和目的性; slacken侧重某种松弛〔懈〕。例如:

I was detained late in the factory.厂里有事我无法脱身,很晚才离开。

Cold weather retards the growth of the crops.寒冷的天气妨碍作物的生长。

His bad leg slows him down a lot.他那条受伤的腿使他的速度大受影响。

Don't slacken your efforts when the job is only half done.工作只做到一半时可别松劲。

delay, dawdle, lag, loiter, procrastinate

这组词都可表示因行动或动作缓慢而使进步受阻或工作没有完成。它们之间的区别是:delay常指拖延某事(如出发、完成必要的工作等); procrastinate常指因懒惰、匆忙、冷淡或拖拉的习惯造成耽搁; lag主要指不能保持应有的速度去达到某个目的; loiter主要指进行中或完成工作时的耽搁,也可指因闲逛而落后; dawdle语义比loiter稍弱,侧重闲散、思想不集中而多花时间或浪费时间。例如:

He procrastinated in making an appointment to see his doctor.他迟迟不与他的医生预约看病。

The small boy soon became tired and lagged far behind.这小男孩一会儿就累了,远远地落到了后面。

We don't increase our earnings by loitering over our work.我们靠磨洋工是不会增加收入的。

Ade dawdled all the way to school.艾德在上学途中磨磨蹭蹭的。

delay，postpone，defer，suspend，prolong，put off

这些动词或短语均有“推延，延期”之意。

delay普通用词，多指因外界原因推迟或耽误，也可指有意推迟。

postpone正式用词，语气较强，多指有安排的延期，常指明延期到一定的时间。

defer正式用词，语气强于postpone，多指故意拖延。

suspend指暂时中断以待某种条件的实现。

prolong指把时间延长至超过正常或通常的限度。

put off口语用词，与postpone同义，但较通俗。