postponement

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A delay, as a formal delay in a proceeding. countable,uncountable
    — The lawyer asked for a postponement in the trial so he could spend more time preparing before it began.

词形变化

postponements plural

词源

Etymology tree
English postpone
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English postponement
From postpone + -ment.
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