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postpone美 [poʊs'poʊn] 英 [pəʊs'pəʊn] 第三人称单数：postpones 现在分词：postponing 过去分词：postponed v.+n. postpone meeting,postpone appointment,postpone trip,postpone visit,postpone date v. delay,put off,put back,shelve,put on the back burner 1. | 延迟；延期；展缓to arrange for an event, etc. to take place at a later time or date |
| The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。 | | We'll have to postpone the meeting until next week. 我们将不得不把会议推迟到下周举行。 | | It was an unpopular decision to postpone building the new hospital. 延迟兴建新医院的决定是不得人心的。 |
v. | 1. to put something off until a later time or date 2. to ascribe less importance to something 3. to decide that something will not be done at the time when it was planned for, but at a later time |
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