v.动词
defer,postpone这两个词的共同意思是“推迟”，其区别是：
1.defer可指有意推迟，也可指因不可抗力而推迟；而postpone一般指有意推迟。
2.postpone常用于拖延到某一确切的时间；而defer则更常用于不确定的时间。
delay，postpone，defer，suspend，prolong，put off这些动词或短语均有“推延，延期”之意。
delay普通用词，多指因外界原因推迟或耽误，也可指有意推迟。
postpone正式用词，语气较强，多指有安排的延期，常指明延期到一定的时间。
defer正式用词，语气强于postpone，多指故意拖延。
suspend指暂时中断以待某种条件的实现。
prolong指把时间延长至超过正常或通常的限度。
put off口语用词，与postpone同义，但较通俗。
defer to听从defer assets经 递延资产, …defer shipment暂缓装运
用作动词v.
defer to v.+prep.
把…委托给… entrust sth to sb
defer to sb/sthWe all defer to him in these matters.在这类事情上我们都听他的。
Youth is expected to defer to old age.一般来说年轻人应该顺从老年人。
They deferred to the old man's advice.他们听从了老人的建议。
They wouldn't defer to my opinion.他们不肯听从我的意见。
I defer to your greater knowledge of the matter.在这件事上，我尊重你更丰富的知识。
I defer to your greater knowledge and experience in such things.你对这类事情懂得更多，经验更丰富，我听从你的意见。
They had deferred to the great English house on every possible occasion.他们对那家英格兰商行总是尽可能唯命是从。defer to wh-clauseWe will defer to whatever the committee decides.我们遵从委员会作出的任何决定。defer sth to sbWe defer matters of this kind to him.我们把这类事情交由他处理。近义词 put放bow弓yield生产delay耽搁table桌子remit汇出accept接受accede同意comply顺从put off不安bow to 服从suspend暂停concede承认respect尊敬succumb屈从prolong延长give in屈服submit使服从postpone延期give way撤退prorogue休会set back推迟put over驶过hold over延期acknowledge承认adjourn使延期put back放回原处shelve放在架子上reschedule重新排定off表示状态的关闭或离开…反义词 hurry匆忙
用作动词v.
用作及物动词
S+ ～+n./pron.The department deferred the decision for six months.这个部门推迟了六个月才作决定。
We wish to defer our decision until next week.我们希望推迟到下星期再作出决定。
They discussed but deferred the decision.他们进行了讨论，但迟迟未做决定。
Let's defer the decision for a few weeks.咱们延缓几个礼拜再做决定吧。
They cannot defer their departure any longer.他们再不能推迟动身了。
The ship deferred its sailing because of bad weather.由于天气不好船推迟了起航时间。
My bank has agreed to defer the repayments on my loan while I'm still a student.银行同意在我在校就读期间推迟我的偿还贷款期限。
The judge deferred sentence pending further medical reports on the defendant.法官决定推迟判决直至得到被告的健康检查报告。
Please defer shipment until you receive our further instructions.在我方另行通知以前请暂停装运。
As no one could agree, the decision was deferred.由于大家都不同意，所以迟迟未能作出决定。
Examinations were deferred because so many children were sick.考试延期了，因为许多孩子都病了。
His military service was deferred.他被允许延期服役。S+～+ v -ingCan we defer making a decision until next week.我们能推迟到下周再作决定吗？
The judge deferred sentencing the convicted man.法官推迟对该囚犯的判决。
I shall defer replying till I hear from him.我将等接到他的信息后再行答复。其他She had applied for deferred admission to college.她已申请延期入学。
v.动词
defer的基本意思是指使行动、活动或进程推迟到较晚时间，一般强调有意的推迟。defer还可指在完成或实现某事的过程中，由于出现超出控制能力之外的情况而推迟。
defer to sb/sth的意思是“听从，服从，遵从”，指出于对某人的尊重而服从其决定或想法。
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用作动词They cannotdefertheir departure any longer.他们再不能推迟动身了。
We wish todeferour decision until next week.我们希望推迟到下星期再作出决定。
I willdefergoing till I have more money.我要延期到我有更多钱时才去。
The company agree todeferpayment for three month.公司同意延期三个月后付款。用作动词We shoulddeferto our parents' wishes.我们应当顺从父母的意愿。
They alldeferto him in these matters.在这类事情上他们都听从他的意见。
You coulddeferthe matter to your colleague.你可把这件事委托给同事去办。 The investment defers in meaning from the economic function and income of sports and physical culture, so they must not be equated.
它与体育的经济功能和体育的经济收入在含义上是不同的，不应把它们等同起来。 cnki
The outer wall repair electrically operated hanging basket is defers to the national related profession criterion to produce, the safety coefficient is high.
外墙装修电动吊篮是按照国家有关行业尺度出产的，安全系数高。630diaolan
The REOPT bind option defers query optimization until input variable values are available at OPEN time.
REOPT绑定选项将查询优化推迟到 OPEN时有可用输入变量的时候。 ibm
Dynamic linking defers much of the linking process until a program starts running.
动态链接将链接过程推迟至程序开始运行之时。 www.1x1y.com.cn
If the proxy can't fulfill a request or isn't permitted to fulfill a request because of caching rules discussed momentarily, the proxy defers to the Web server.
如果代理不能完成请求或者由于缓存规则而不允许完成请求稍后将讨论到，代理将交给 Web服务器处理。 ibm
It simply defers loading them until they are actually needed.
只是简单地推迟加载它们直到真正需要它们的时候。 ibm
It also allows you to build an abstract implementation that defers the actual implementation to classes that override the base.
它还允许您构建一个抽象实现，从而使实际实现委托给覆盖基本实现的类。 ibm
It defers from the traditional linguistics, and nor is it entirely identical with pragmatics.
它既与传统的语言学有同异，又与新生的语用学不完全相同。 cnki
Its negative influence not only obstructs the formation of university students' perfect personality but also defers their socialization progression.
其负面影响阻碍大学生完美人格的生成，延缓大学生的社会化进程。 cnki
Larger mergeFactors defers merging of segments until later, thus speeding up indexing because merging is a large part of indexing.
大的合并因子将延迟 segment的合并时间，这样做可以提高索引速度，因为合并是索引很耗时的一个部分。 cnblogs
The level of intensity and depth of learning a language defers vastly for primary and secondary language and it is difficult to compare.
把一种语言作为第一语言和第二语言来学习，它们的强度和深度是有很大不同的，很难比较。 hjenglish
These two concerns point to a modest“ re profiling”, which temporarily defers Greece's debt payments but does not come close to restoring its solvency.
这两方面的担忧指向了一种更为谨慎的“重新布局”，这会在短期内延迟希腊的债务支付，但这与恢复希腊的偿付能力没有任何关系。 ecocn
This article covers the basic features of SELECT and defers the more advanced issues to subsequent articles.
本文将介绍 SELECT的基本功能，而将比较高级的问题留给后续文章。 ibm