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单词 delay
释义 delay¹ /dɪˈleɪ/
🄰 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。

delay² /dɪˈleɪ/ n.
1.(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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