单词 | delay |
释义 | delay¹ 🄰 vt. 1.(postpone)+ journey, operation, event, payment, plan, action推迟;使延期;使延迟 We decided to delay our departure.我们决定推迟动身日期。 the decision to delay the meeting将会议延期的决定 2.(hold up)+ traveller, train, plane, person耽搁;延误 A hold-up on the motorway delayed me.我因为高速公路上发生交通阻塞耽搁了时间。 Bad weather delayed the train for two hours.恶劣的天气致使火车延误了两个小时。 Can you delay him in some way?你能想法拖住他一会儿吗? 🄱 vi. 1.(procrastinate)耽搁;拖延 Don't delay too long.别拖太长时间。 Don't delay, write in now.别拖了, 现在就写吧。 2.(dawdle)拖拉;磨蹭 If he delayed any longer, the sun would be up.如果他再磨蹭, 太阳就要出来了。 delay²1.(postponement)推迟;延缓 There will be delays to trains on the London-Brighton line.伦敦至布赖顿线的火车将会推迟发车。 There is no time left for delay.没有时间再拖了。 an indefinite delay on plans to abolish duty-free shopping无限期延迟取消免税商店的计划 without delay毫不拖延;立即 We'll send you a quote without delay.我们会马上把报价发给你。 a delay in doing sth拖延做某事 They wanted a delay in introducing the new law.他们想延期出台这项新的法律。 to cause delay造成耽搁;造成延误 Bad weather caused delays on most flights.恶劣的天气导致绝大多数航班延误。 2.(hold-up)耽搁的时间 a one-hour delay on flights多趟航班延迟一个小时 A delay of 300 minutes could mean severe damage to heart muscles, sometimes irreparable.耽搁300分钟可能意味着对心肌造成严重损坏, 有时甚至是无法修复的。 There's at least a three-second delay in the 'live pictures' reaching your TV screens.“现场画面”传送到电视屏幕至少有三秒的延迟。 |
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