
英:/'pəust'pəun; ,pəust'pəund/
原形 postpone
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v. 延期;缓办(postpone的过去分词)
The deal was postponed until further notice.
这笔交易被推迟,时间另行通知。
The event was originally slated to happen in June, but had to be postponed until August.
这个活动原本定于六月举办,但不得不推迟到八月。
Oh, I thought they just postponed it because of family.
啊,我还以为他们是因为家人的原因暂时延迟了呢。
Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021
东京奥运会推迟到2021年
After talks with Japan's prime minister and the IOC, the Tokyo 2020 summer Olympics are to be postponed until 2021.
日本首相和国际奥委会会谈后,2020年东京夏季奥运会将推迟到2021年。
The trial was postponed indefinitely.
审讯无限期延迟。
He postponed his trip at the eleventh hour.
他在最后一刻推迟了他的行程。
The game has already been postponed three times.
这场比赛已经三度延期了。
There are rumblings that the election may have to be postponed.
有传言说选举也许不得不延期。
I'm afraid the meeting will be postponed.
会议怕要延期了。
"Postponed"是动词"postpone"的过去式和过去分词形式,指将原定事件、活动或计划推迟到更晚的时间进行。该词源自拉丁语"postponere"(post-在后 + ponere放置),核心含义为"将某事物置于次要位置"。
根据《牛津英语词典》的定义,该词表示"安排某事在比原计划更晚的时间发生或完成"(Oxford English Dictionary, https://www.oed.com),常见于正式书面通知和日程调整场景。例如国际项目管理协会指出,在项目进度管理中,关键路径活动若出现资源不足时,经评估后可能做出"postponed decision"(PMI, https://www.pmi.org)。
其语法结构要求接名词或动名词作宾语,如"The conference was postponed until next quarter"或"We're postponing making final payments"。剑桥词典特别标注该词属于及物动词,不可直接接不定式(Cambridge Dictionary, https://dictionary.cambridge.org)。
在语义层面,该词隐含着三个关键要素:
近义词辨析方面:
单词postponed 是动词postpone 的过去式和过去分词形式,含义为“推迟”或“延期”。以下是详细解释:
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