Postpone



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解释

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• v. 使延期, 推迟
• ［英］ v. 使延期, 推迟 ( move to some later time)
• ［记］ post（在后面）+pone（放） -> 放在后面 -> 推迟

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (postponed; postponing)

• Etymology: Latin postponere to place after, postpone, from post- + ponere to place — more at position
• Date: circa 1520
• 1. to put off to a later time ; defer
• 2.
  • a. to place later (as in a sentence) than the normal position in English <postpone an adjective>
  • b. to place later in order of precedence, preference, or importance
• Synonyms: see defer
• ? postponable adjective
• ? postponement noun
• ? postponer noun

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