1 VERB 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 使延期;使延迟;推迟
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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。
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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。
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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 使延误;使耽搁 To delay someone or something means to make them late or to slow them down. 使延误;使耽搁
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Can you delay him in some way?. [VERB noun]
你能想办法拖住他一会儿吗？
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Various setbacks and problems delayed production.
各种各样的挫折和问题耽搁了生产进度。
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The passengers were delayed for an hour. [VERB noun]
乘客被延误了一个小时。
3 VERB （故意）拖延，磨蹭 If you delay, you deliberately take longer than necessary to do something. （故意）拖延，磨蹭
SYN linger, lag, loiter, dawdle
4 N-VAR 延期;延迟;推迟 If there is a delay, something does not happen until later than planned or expected. 延期;延迟;推迟
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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。
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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 延误;耽搁 Delay is a failure to do something immediately or in the required or usual time. 延误;耽搁
SYN dawdling, lingering, loitering, procrastination
| Thesaurus | delay Also look up: |
| VERB. | hold up, postpone, stall; (ant.) hurry, rush 1 |
| N. | interruption, lag; (ant.) rush 4 |
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