postpone

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /pəʊstˈpəʊn/    美 /poʊstˈpoʊn/|/pəʉstˈpəʉn/|[pɐʉstˈpɐʉn]

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.
    — “[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”
  2. To place after in order; to deem less important. obsolete
    — Why should the See of Antioch, that most ancient and truly Apostolical Church, where the Christian name began […] be postponed to Alexandria?

词形变化

postpones present,singular,third-person postponing participle,present postponed participle,past postponed past

词汇关系

反义词
advance bring forward prepone
衍生词
postponable repostpone
相关词
postponement postponence postponer
并列词
adjourn

词源

From Latin postpōnō (“to put after; to postpone”) from post (“after”) + pōnō (“to put; to place”), compare forestall.
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