vt.延期;推迟
The weather being bad, we had to postpone our trip. 因为天气不好,我们不得不延期出行。
She did not postpone her departure. 她不再延迟她的行期。
Can we postpone the meeting till tomorrow? 我们可以把会议延到明天吗?
We agree to postpone the shipping date, considering (that) there is no steamer recently. 由于(考虑到)最近无船,我们同意推迟装期。
Our financial situation is still precarious if we postpone the release of the new product. 如果我们推迟发布新产品的话,我们的财政状况仍然岌岌可危。
postpone是及物动词,基本意思是“延期”“推迟”,一般指有意地拖延且通常拖延到某一确定的时间。后面跟延期或推迟的日期或其他修饰语。所延长的时间常用for引出,有时也可省略,延到某时则用to, untill或till。
postpone可接动名词作宾语,但不能接动词不定式。
n.推迟
vt.延期;推迟