postpone 音標拼音: [postp'on] [posp'on]
vt . 延遲,使延期,緩辦,擱延
vi . 延緩發作
延遲,使延期,緩辦,擱延延緩發作
postpone v 1 :
hold back to a later time ; "
let '
s postpone the exam " [
synonym :
{
postpone }, {
prorogue }, {
hold over }, {
put over }, {
table },
{
shelve }, {
set back }, {
defer }, {
remit }, {
put off }]
Postpone \
Post *
pone "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Postponed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Postponing }.] [
L .
postponere ,
postpositum ;
post after ponere to place ,
put .
See {
Post -},
and {
Position }.]
1 .
To defer to a future or later time ;
to put off ;
also ,
to cause to be deferred or put off ;
to delay ;
to adjourn ;
as ,
to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day ,
or indefinitely .
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1913 Webster ]
His praise postponed ,
and never to be paid .
--
Cowper .
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2 .
To place after ,
behind ,
or below something ,
in respect to precedence ,
preference ,
value ,
or importance .
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All other considerations should give way and be postponed to this . --
Locke .
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Syn :
To adjourn ;
defer ;
delay ;
procrastinate .
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47 Moby Thesaurus words for "
postpone ":
adjourn ,
continue ,
dally ,
defer ,
delay ,
drag out ,
extend ,
hang fire ,
hang up ,
hold off ,
hold over ,
hold up ,
lay aside ,
lay away ,
lay by ,
lay over ,
pigeonhole ,
prolong ,
prorogate ,
prorogue ,
protract ,
push aside ,
put aside ,
put away ,
put in mothballs ,
put off ,
put on ice ,
recess ,
reserve ,
set aside ,
set by ,
shelve ,
shift off ,
sideline ,
sleep on ,
stand over ,
stave off ,
stay ,
store ,
stow ,
stretch out ,
suspend ,
table ,
table the motion ,
take a recess ,
temporize ,
waive
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