delay

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英[d??le?]
美[d??le?]

基本釋義

v.
推遲; 耽誤; 磨蹭; 使遲到
n.
延期; 耽誤

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

a delay of two hours/a two-hour delay

兩小時的延誤

牛津詞典

There's no time for delay.

沒有時間了,不能拖延了。

牛津詞典

Report it to the police without delay (= immediately) .

趕快將此事報告警方。

牛津詞典

The judge will delay his verdict until he receives medical reports on the offender.

法官將推遲判決,直到收到有關(guān)違法者的醫(yī)療報告。

牛津詞典

She's suffering a delayed reaction (= a reaction that did not happen immediately) to the shock.

她正在承受著沖擊所帶來的滯后反應(yīng)。

牛津詞典

He delayed telling her the news, waiting for the right moment.

他沒有馬上把消息告訴她,等有了適當(dāng)?shù)臅r機(jī)再說。

牛津詞典

Don't delay─call us today!

別拖延——今天就給我們打電話!

牛津詞典

Thousands of commuters were delayed for over an hour.

數(shù)千名乘車上下班的人被耽擱了一個多小時。

牛津詞典

The government is accused of using delaying tactics (= deliberately doing sth to delay a process, decision, etc.) .

政府被指責(zé)故意采取拖延戰(zhàn)術(shù)。

牛津詞典

Commuters will face long delays on the roads today.

路遠(yuǎn)乘車上下班的人今天要在路上耽誤很多時間了。

牛津詞典

We apologize for the delay in answering your letter.

來信收悉,遲復(fù)為歉。

牛津詞典

They had delayed having children, for the usual reason, to establish their careers...

為了那個通常的原因——創(chuàng)立自己的事業(yè),他們推遲了要孩子。

Can you delay him in some way?...

你能想辦法拖住他一會兒嗎?

Various setbacks and problems delayed production...

各種各樣的挫折和問題耽擱了生產(chǎn)進(jìn)度。

If he delayed any longer, the sun would be up.

如果他再拖延,太陽就要出來了。

They claimed that such a delay wouldn't hurt anyone...

他們聲稱這樣的延期對誰都不會造成損害。

Although the tests have caused some delay, flights should be back to normal this morning.

雖然檢測造成了一定的延遲,不過今天早上航班就應(yīng)該能恢復(fù)正常了。

There is no time left for delay...

已經(jīng)沒有時間再耽誤了。

We'll send you a quote without delay.

我們會立刻送一份報價給你。

For sentimental reasons I wanted to delay my departure until June...

因?yàn)楦星榉矫娴脑?,我想把離開的日期延遲至6月。

Application: mainly use to shave rust and oil paint.

用途: 主要用來刮除鐵銹和墻漆.

期刊摘選

His delay made the teacher angry.

他的遲到使老師生氣了.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The assembly voted to delay the legislation to allow further consultation to take place.

議會投票決定暫緩立法以便進(jìn)一步磋商.

《簡明英漢詞典》

They were granted a delay of 48 hours to gather more evidence.

準(zhǔn)許他們遲延48小時,以收集更多的證據(jù).

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

We surmised that the delay was caused by some accident.

我們推測遲延是由某種事故所致.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

Don't delay any more.

不要再拖了.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

It is getting late, don't delay.

時間已晚, 不要耽擱了.

《簡明英漢詞典》

After a long delay, he got around to writing the letter.

耽擱了很久以后, 他找到時間寫這封信.

《簡明英漢詞典》

真題例句

Leigh Thompson of Kellogg School of Management in Illinois warns that, Teams are not always the answer—teams may provide insight, creativity and knowledge in a way that a person working independently cannot; but teamwork may also lead to confusion, delay and poor decision-making.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

Long queues, delayed flights and over - crowding at airports have??become almost as much a topic for conversation in Britain as the traditional complaining about the weather.

出自-2016年6月聽力原文

The assumption is that children shouldn't chat in the classroom because it hinders hard work; instead, they should learn to delay gratification so that they can pursue abstract goals, like going to college.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Unfortunately, it's been delayed due to the bad weather.

出自-2013年6月聽力原文

That's why there is most often a delay associated with muscle soreness.

2019年12月四級真題(第一套)聽力 Section C

The assumption is that children shouldn't chat in the classroom because it hinders hard work; instead, they should learn to delay gratification so that they can pursue abstract goals, like going to college.

2015年12月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

The holiday bonus was designed to encourage young people to delay getting married in line with China's one-child policy.

2019年6月四級真題(第一套)聽力 Section A

The current low fossil fuel price environment will thus certainly delay the energy transition from fossil fuel to clean energy sources.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

But more recently, companies have begun to plan more affordable After being dogged by technical delays for years, Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic's founder, had recently suggested that a SpaceShipTwo craft would carry its first paying customers as soon as February 2015.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

He wanted to do one thing at a time," Meg says, explaining her son's delay.

出自-2013年12月閱讀原文

Educators may fear that children hearing two languages will become permanently confused and thus their language development will be delayed ;this concern is not documented in the literature.

出自-2013年12月閱讀原文

With far less controversy, colleges could send messages about canceled classes, delayed buses, campus crises or just the cafeteria menu.

出自-2013年6月閱讀原文

Q:What has caused the delay of the shipment?

出自-2013年12月聽力原文

It's the message you sent me about the delivery delay of the control desks.

出自-2013年6月聽力原文

I only heard about the delay yesterday because we kept the production line clear to handle these special sheets

出自-2013年6月聽力原文

I hope you are not to put out with me for the delay ,I had to stop for the Fred's home to pick up a book on my way here M : well , that's not a big deal ,but you might at least phone if you know you will keep someone waiting Q : what do we learn about the women

出自-2011年6月聽力原文

A politician may read an account of his latest successful public meeting, not for its delayed reward, but very much as his wife reads an account of a party.

2015年高考英語江蘇卷 任務(wù)型閱讀 原文

And the longer we delay it, the more tired we feel.

2016年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

Delayed reward may be expected from news of public affairs, economic matters, social problems, science, education, and health.

2015年高考英語江蘇卷 任務(wù)型閱讀 原文

For want of better names, we shall call these two classes immediate reward and delayed reward.

2015年高考英語江蘇卷 任務(wù)型閱讀 原文

In any given story of corruption or disaster, a thoughtful reader may receive not only the immediate reward of indirect experience, but also the delayed reward of information and preparedness.

2015年高考英語江蘇卷 任務(wù)型閱讀 原文

It was considerate of Michael to inform us of his delay in case we got worried.

2015年高考英語福建卷 單項(xiàng)填空 原文

News of delayed reward will induce the reader to prepare for the reality while news of immediate reward will lead the reader to withdraw from the reality.

2015年高考英語江蘇卷 任務(wù)型閱讀 題設(shè)

News of delayed reward will make readers suffer, or present a threat to them.

2015年高考英語江蘇卷 任務(wù)型閱讀 題設(shè)

Parents' changed attitudes lead to college children's delayed independence.

2015年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 選項(xiàng)

People with start-up fatigue are most likely to delay tasks.

2016年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 題設(shè)

The proposal attempts to deal with what some call the "death valley" of autonomous vehicles: the grey area between semi-autonomous and fully driverless cars that could delay the driverless future.

2017年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

When a reader selects delayed reward news, he pulls himself into the world of surrounding reality to which he can adapt himself only by hard work.

2015年高考英語江蘇卷 任務(wù)型閱讀 原文

Without delay, I called to thank her.

2019年高考英語天津卷 完形填空 原文

Sometimes storms blew the vessels far off their course, and often calm brought unbearably long delay.

出自-2015年考研翻譯原文

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. time during which some action is awaited;

    "instant replay caused too long a delay"

    "he ordered a hold in the action"

  • 2. the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

Verb
  • 1. 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"

  • 2. act later than planned, scheduled, or required;

    "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"

  • 3. stop or halt;

    "Please stay the bloodshed!"

  • 4. slow the growth or development of;

    "The brain damage will retard the child's language development"

同義詞辨析

delay, postpone, defer, suspend, prolong, put off

這些動詞或短語動詞均有"推延,延期"之意。

  • delay: 普通用詞,多指因外界原因推遲或耽誤,也可指有意推遲。
  • postpone: 正式用詞,語氣較強(qiáng),多指有安排的延期,常指明延期到一定的時間。
  • defer: 正式用詞,語氣強(qiáng)于postpone,多指故意拖延。
  • suspend: 指暫時中斷以待某種條件的實(shí)現(xiàn)。
  • prolong: 指把時間延長至超過正?;蛲ǔ5南薅?。
  • put off: 口語用詞,與postpone同義,但較通俗。

同義詞

vt.使延期;耽擱

putuppostponedetainoffhold

反義詞

vt. & vi.延緩;拖延;耽擱

hastenhurry

其他釋義

hastenhurryadvance

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