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de.lay (obj)dI5leIvto cause to be late or to cause to happen at a later time, or not to act quickly or immediately(使)延迟，延期，延缓My plane was delayed (an hour) because of a suspected bomb in the luggage compartment. [T]由于行李舱中疑有炸弹，我的航班延迟了一个小时。He wants to delay the meeting a few days. Is that OK with you? [T]他想把会议推迟几天，对你可方便?I think we should delay deciding about this until next year. [+ v-ing]我想我们应该延迟到明年再来决定此事。If you delay (= fail to act quickly) now, the opportunity might be lost. [I]要是你行动迟缓，可能会失去机会。They're delaying (= intentionally not acting quickly) in the hope that we might improve our offer. [I]他们抱着我们可能提高出价的希望而故意拖延。
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