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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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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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