Delay

[dɪ'leɪ] or [dɪ'le]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time.

(noun.) time during which some action is awaited; 'instant replay caused too long a delay'; 'he ordered a hold in the action'.

(verb.) cause to be slowed down or delayed; 'Traffic was delayed by the bad weather'; 'she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform'.

(verb.) act later than planned, scheduled, or required; 'Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered'.

珍妮整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v.) A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

(n.) To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.

(n.) To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.

(n.) To allay; to temper.

(v. i.) To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.

布里茨校對

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Defer, postpone, procrastinate, put off, stave off, let lie over.[2]. Detain, hinder, retard, step, impede.

v. n. Linger, tarry, stop, procrastinate.

n. [1]. Procrastination, postponement, deferring, the Fabian policy, masterly inactivity.[2]. Detention, stay, stop, hinderance.

校對:洛丽塔

同義詞及反義詞：

[See DEFER]

校對:蒂米

解釋/意思:

v.t. (Spens.) to temper dilute weaken.

v.t. to put off to another time: to defer: to hinder or retard.—v.i. to pause linger or put off time.—n. a putting off or deferring: a lingering: hinderance:—pr.p. delay′ing; pa.p. delayed′.—n. Delay′er.—adv. Delay′ingly.

安娜校對