Postponement
[pəʊs(t)'pəʊnm(ə)nt] or [post'ponmənt]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay.
塞德里克錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- She was face to face with a monstrous difficulty, and she resolved to get free of it by postponement. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- This caused a postponement of the expedition until the later part of November, when, being again called upon by Hon. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- As it is, there's a postponement. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Seeing this, as he exchanged the usual salutations, Clennam decided to speak to his mother without postponement. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Edison would not consider a postponement of the exhibition, so there was nothing to do but go to work and wind it by hand. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- When the Sessions came round, Mr. Jaggers caused an application to be made for the postponement of his trial until the following Sessions. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
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