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| /dɪˈleɪ/ |
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| 1 | I/T to do something later than is planned or expected 耽搁；推迟 |
| I have delayed my return home because of the weather. 由于天气不好我已推迟回家。 |
| They agreed to delay the decision for as long as possible. 他们同意尽量推迟作出决定。 |
| Don’ t delay if you want to get your order in by Christmas. 如果你想在圣诞节前拿到订货，就别拖延了。 |
| delay doing sth We delayed getting on board for as long as we could. 我们尽可能推迟登机。 |
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| 2 | T usually passive to make someone or something late or slow them down 使延期；使延迟 |
| His plane had been delayed for five hours. 他的飞机延误了5个小时。 |
| If delivery is delayed, we will inform you immediately. 如果交货要延期，我方将马上通知你方。 |
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| 3 | I to deliberately take a long time to do something （故意）拖延 |
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