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v.耽搁²⁴;推迟³⁵;延误³¹n.耽搁;延期¹⁰;推迟原型delay的现在分词名词delayer过去分词delayed现在分词delaying三单delays
v.动词
vt. & vi. 使耽搁,延误cause to be late; move or act slowly, especially on purpose vt. 推迟,使延期put sth off until later; postpone
n.名词
U耽搁,延迟delaying or being delayed C被耽搁〔推迟〕的事件或时间an example of being delayed; amount of time for which sb/sth is delayed
Noun:
time during which some action is awaited;instant replay caused too long a delay he ordered a hold in the action the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
Verb:
cause to be slowed down or delayed;Traffic was delayed by the bad weather she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform act later than planned, scheduled, or required;Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered stop or halt;Please stay the bloodshed! slow the growth or development of;The brain damage will retard the child's language development
n.名词
他因没有及早回信而向她表示歉意。❌ He apologized to her for the delay to reply to a letter. ❌ He apologized to her for the delay of replying to a letter. ✔️ He apologized to her for the delay in replying to a letter. 析 delay可接“in+动名词”,但不可接动词不定式或“of+动名词”。
v.动词
delay v-ing, delay in v-ing这两个短语意思不同:前者表示“推迟〔耽误〕做某事”,后者表示“忘记做某事”。试比较: They delayed publishing the article.他们推迟发表这篇文章。
Don't delay in answering the letter.别忘记回信。delay, detain, retard, slacken, slow这组词都可表示“使某人〔事〕落后于”原计划的安排或通常的进展速度。它们之间的区别是:delay主要指因某事的干扰而妨碍按时完成或到达; detain主要指耽误时间,不能按时到达或离开,也可指不能完成想完成的事情; retard主要指减慢运动、进步速度; slow常与up或down连用,指降低进步的速度,强调主观的意图和目的性; slacken侧重某种松弛〔懈〕。例如: I was detained late in the factory.厂里有事我无法脱身,很晚才离开。
Cold weather retards the growth of the crops.寒冷的天气妨碍作物的生长。
His bad leg slows him down a lot.他那条受伤的腿使他的速度大受影响。
Don't slacken your efforts when the job is only half done.工作只做到一半时可别松劲。delay, dawdle, lag, loiter, procrastinate这组词都可表示因行动或动作缓慢而使进步受阻或工作没有完成。它们之间的区别是:delay常指拖延某事如出发、完成必要的工作等; procrastinate常指因懒惰、匆忙、冷淡或拖拉的习惯造成耽搁; lag主要指不能保持应有的速度去达到某个目的; loiter主要指进行中或完成工作时的耽搁,也可指因闲逛而落后; dawdle语义比loiter稍弱,侧重闲散、思想不集中而多花时间或浪费时间。例如: He procrastinated in making an appointment to see his doctor.他迟迟不与他的医生预约看病。
The small boy soon became tired and lagged far behind.这小男孩一会儿就累了,远远地落到了后面。
We don't increase our earnings by loitering over our work.我们靠磨洋工是不会增加收入的。
Ade dawdled all the way to school.艾德在上学途中磨磨蹭蹭的。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。 13世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的delaier：de离开）+laier(让），意为让……离开；最初源自古典拉丁语的laxare，意为解散，放松。
用作动词 (v.
～+名词delay a settlement of the question推迟解决问题delay answering the letter推迟答复delay dinner推迟宴会delay one's departure延误某人启程delay one's marriage推迟结婚delay one's plan延误计划delay one's trip耽误某人的旅行delay one's work耽误工作delay the appointment推迟任命delay the discussion on sth推迟讨论某事delay the flight延误航班delay the game推迟比赛delay the outbreak of the war推迟战争的爆发delay treatment延误治疗～+副词delay disappointingly失望地延误delay heartbreakingly痛心地耽误delay immeasurably无限地延期delay injuriously有害地延误delay painfully痛苦地延误delay seriously严重耽误delay slightly稍稍推迟delay unaccountably莫名其妙地延期delay unfortunately不幸地延误delay unreasonably不合理地延长delay uselessly没必要地延期～+介词delay for an hour推迟一小时delay for some time推迟一段时间delay until在…前交货用作名词 n.动词+～avoid delay避免耽搁cause delay造成延误形容词+～great delay严重的耽搁long delay长期拖延serious delay严重的延误unnecessary delay不必要的耽搁unreasonable delay无故的拖延介词+～after several delays几经耽搁owing to postal delays由于邮递的耽搁without delay不延迟地,立即without the least delay毫不延迟地～+介词delay in delivery延期交货delay in payment延期支付delay of two hours两小时的拖延
用作动词v.
delay for v.+prep.
耽搁…时间 stop over a time delay for some time〔说明〕 介词for有时可省略。Disease prevention is like putting out a fire.We can't delay for one minute.防病如灭火,一分一秒也不能耽误。
He delayed for a long time before accepting my offer.他拖延了好久才接受我的建议。
She delayed a few hours in order to see me.她为了能见到我,拖延了几个小时。delay sb/sth for some time〔说明〕 介词for通常不省略。You have delayed me for three hours.你已经耽搁了我3小时。
The accident delayed the train for two hours.事故使火车耽搁了两小时。delay-ing动名词⇒v.耽搁²⁴;推迟³⁵;延误n.延期¹⁰v.阻滞;使迟到;延迟;延缓;使拖延;使延期;耽误;延误³¹;晚点;逗留n.拖延;延时;耽搁的时间;延迟的时间;延误期;磨蹭;犹豫;被耽搁的事件;延迟器;体延迟动作;假动作近义词 detainretardhold upput offpostponev. defer反义词 hastenforwardv. advance
用作动词v.
用作不及物动词
S+～+ADon't delay.The bell is going to ring.Please turn in your paper immediately.别拖延了,铃就要响了,马上交卷吧。
To delay would make the cure much more difficult.拖延就会给治疗增加困难。
Realizing the urgency of the matter, he dared not delay.他认识到事情紧急,不敢耽搁。
They are trying to delay until help arrives.他们设法拖延等待援助。
用作及物动词
S+～+ n./pron.Tell him I have a headache,I won't delay him today.告诉他我头疼,今天不耽搁他了。
Heavy traffic delayed us.交通拥挤,我们在路上耽搁了。
His original plan was to finish their journey in seven days, but the blizzard delayed them.他原计划七天走完这段路程,但大风雪使他们耽搁了。
I wrote to my parents last night.I couldn't delay it any longer.昨天晚上我给父母写了封信,这事我不能再拖了。
I've decided to delay my visit to my parents' home.我已决定延迟去我父母家。
We have delayed publication of the book till spring.我们把这本书推迟到春季才出版。
The plans for the magazine were delayed.这个杂志的出版计划被延误了。
The train has been delayed by an accident.火车因发生事故而误点了。
The flight was delayed due to bad weather.由于天气不好,航班推迟了。
I am sorry I was delayed the other day, and unable to keep my appointment with you.那一天我有事耽搁了,没有如约同你见面,很抱歉。
I was delayed by the heavy traffic.我因交通拥挤而迟到。S+～+sb's v -ingWhy have they delayed opening the new school?他们为什么迟迟不开办那所新学校?
He delayed fixing the roof although it leaked badly.屋顶漏雨漏得厉害,他还迟迟不修理。
His high temperature delayed having an infected tooth out.他由于发高烧推迟拔掉一颗受感染的牙齿。
Why have you delayed sending the injured man to the hospital?为什么误了把伤员送到医院?
Please don't delay your sending in the form.请不要拖延,快把表格送来。
Facer always delays writing me a letter.费塞老是不按时给我写信。
He delayed my calling the police.他耽误了我叫警察。用作名词n.His delay made the teacher angry.他的迟到使老师生气了。
The delay proved fatal to our plans.结果是因为延误而毁了我们的计划。
It is required of every man that no delay should be made.要求每个人不得延误。
The bus was held up by the snowstorm, thus causing the delay.公共汽车被大风雪所阻,因而耽搁了。
We were so late that we could afford no further delay.我们已经太迟了,再也耽搁不起了。
Repairs on the dam break no delay.抢救大坝塌方刻不容缓。
I was angry about the delay.我对这种拖延感到气愤。
After much delay, the results of the exam were published.经过长时间拖延后,考试结果终于公布了。
He received the visitor after some intentional delay.他故意拖延一阵后才接见了那位来访者。
Things were working well, when we were brought up against unexpected delay.事情本来进行得很顺利,不料我们遇到了耽搁。
It will take an hour to reach the airport, allowing for traffic delay.把路上交通的耽搁估计在内,要一小时才能到达机场。
This work admits of no delay.这项工作不容拖延。
We shall inform you of fresh developments without delay.一有新的进展我们将立即通知你。
War is certain, we should arm without delay.战争肯定要发生,我们必须立即武装起来。
There has been too much delay already; what we need is action.已经拖延得太久了,我们需要的是行动。
The delays were caused by events beyond our control.这些延误都是由一些我们所不能控制的事情造成的。
I hope we shall not have any more delays.我希望我们不再受到耽搁。
We were given a delay of 24 hours to gather more evidence.我们被准许延迟24小时,以收集更多的证据。
There will be some delays on all roads because of heavy traffic this morning.今天早晨由于交通阻塞,每条路上都会有些耽搁。
After a delay of two hours the plane took off.延迟两个小时,飞机起飞了。
After many delays we arrived home at last.耽误了多次,最后我们终于到家了。
A delay of just a few days in sowing and a whole year's hard work might come to nothing.播种季节只要拖几天,全年的辛勤劳动就可能化为乌有。～+in sth/ v -ingThe delay in the power station expansion project has affected the supply of electricity.发电站扩建工程的拖延已影响到供电。
The strike caused a great delay in the delivery of the mail.这次罢工严重地延误了邮件的投递。
Excuse my delay in answering your letter.来函迟复,望原谅。
Make no delay in doing what is good.好事要赶快做。
We demanded delay in repaying our debts.我们要求推迟还债期限。
There must be no delay in forwarding the goods.发送货物不得拖延。
He was criticized for his delay in dealing with the matter.他由于没有及时处理这件事而受到批评。
They were arguing for a delay in introducing the new mower to the public.他们主张推迟向公众推出这种新型割草机。
v.动词
delay的基本意思是行动迟缓而耽误了进程,可指由于外界原因而推迟,也可指有意推迟。 delay可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词、代词或动名词作宾语,不接动词不定式作宾语。接表人的名词或代词作宾语时,一般译为“使某人误事”或“使某人慢下来”; 接表事〔事物〕的名词或代词作宾语时,通常译为“推迟〔耽搁〕做某事”。
n.名词
delay指“耽搁,延迟”这一行为或情况本身时,是不可数名词; 表示具体的“被耽搁〔推迟〕的事件或时间”时,是可数名词。 delay在句中可用作主语、宾语或表语。常与“in+ v -ing”连用。 delay的意思为“推迟”，“延期”，相当于put off，其后通常接名词，动名词作宾语，一般很少接不定式。I have to delay answering his question. delay in解释为“把某事耽搁”，其后一般接动名词，不接不定式或者of加动名词。 Excuse me for my delay in answering your question.请原谅我耽搁了回答你的问题。
动词51%,名词49%
用作动词It was impossible todelayher at such a crisis.在这样一个紧要关头来耽搁她是不可能的。
We decided todelayour wedding until next year.我们决定把婚礼推迟到明年。
Our plane wasdelayedby fog.我们的飞机因大雾而误点了。用作名词The weather is responsible for thedelay.由于天气关系才耽搁了。
Delay is not permissible, even for a single day.不得延误，即使一日亦不可。
There was adelayof two hours before the plane took off.飞机起飞推迟了两个小时。adj.putting off
同义词 postponement,putting offprocrastinatingdilatory
反义词 advancing
dalliancenoun dawdling
dabbling,delay,dilly-dallying,frittering,frivoling,idling,loafing,loitering,playing,poking,procrastinating,procrastinationputteringtoying,trifling
dilatoryadjective procrastinating
backward,behindhand,dallying,delaying,deliberate,laggard,late,lax,lazy,leisurely,lingering,loitering,moratory,neglectful,negligent,putting off,remiss,slack,slow,sluggish,snail-like,tardy,tarrying,time-wasting,unhasty,unhurried
hesitancynoun delay
delaying,hesitation,pause,procrastination,wavering
hesitantadjective uncertain, waiting
afraid,averse,backward,dawdling,delaying,diffident,disinclined,doubtful,doubting,faltering,half-hearted,halting,hanging back,hesitating,indecisive,irresolute,lacking confidence,lazy,loath,reluctant,shy,skeptical,slow,tentative,timid,uneager,unpredictable,unsure,unwilling,vacillating,wavering
hesitatingadjective slow
dawdling,delaying,wavering
hesitationnoun waiting;uncertainty
averseness,dawdling,delay,delaying,demurral,doubt,dubiety,equivocation,faltering,fluctuation,fumbling,hemming and hawing,hesitancy,indecision,indecisiveness,indisposition,irresolution,misgiving,mistrust,oscillation,pause,procrastination,qualm,reluctance,scruple,skepticism,stammering,stumbling,stuttering,unwillingness,vacillation,wavering In other words, if you can delay a decision without delaying the project, put the decision off.
换句话说，如果你能在不拖延项目的前提下延迟某项决策，那就别急着决策。 infoq
Over the years TCM has proven effective in delaying the need for kidney dialysis.
多年来，临床证明， TCM在延缓肾透析的需求方面是有效的。 ibm
The firm is delaying paying its own suppliers unless they can deliver exactly what it wants, when it wants it.
公司正延迟向供应商支付款项，除非他们能够在需要之时准确地提供公司期望的货物。 ecocn
The upside of this is that delaying taking a private or company pension can boost its value significantly.
这样做的好处就是，推迟领取个人或企业养老金可以大大地提升它的价值。 yeeyan
But I believe I gained a lot by delaying my sex life.
但我相信，正是延迟了性生活，我得到很多的收获。 yeeyan
But I was furious at myself, first for agreeing to the raid against my better judgment, then for delaying a public acknowledgment of responsibility for it.
但是，我对自己感到恼怒。 我先是放弃自己比较正确的判断，同意突袭，然后又推迟向公众发言为突袭失败承担责任。 yeeyan
Fear of the outcome can be another delaying factor.
对结果感到害怕是拖延的另一个原因。 yeeyan
For starters, it provides us with yet another tool in our cognitive kit when it comes to delaying gratification.
首先，当作“延迟满足”决策时，它为我们的认知工具包提供了又一件工具。 yeeyan
Genes also play a role in menopause, and two research teams have identified several gene variants associated with advancing or delaying menopause by as much as two years.
基因对更年期也有影响，而且有两个研究小组发现了数个基因变异体可能导致更年期提前或者推迟能多达两年。 yeeyan
I say both yes and no. Yes, you are delaying change, but you're managing that change in a more structured manner.
我的答案是“是，也不是”，您是在延迟更改，但将以更为结构化的方式对更改进行管理。 ibm
More are delaying marriage out of financial concerns: No money, no marriage.
更多的人由于经济原因而推迟结婚：没有钱，不结婚。 i21st
Other techniques focus on delaying blindness, including one involving a capsule implanted in the eye to release proteins that slow the decay of light- responding cells.
其它的技术着力于延迟失明。有一种技术是将胶囊植入眼中，胶囊释放出的蛋白质可以缓解光反应细胞的衰退。 yeeyan
The S. E. C. will have to decide whether to force them to comply, or to continue delaying enforcement.
证劵交易委员会将不得不决定是否强制他们执行还是继续推迟强制执行。 yeeyan
The findings could suggest useful avenues for delaying dementia or less severe memory problems.
这一发现可以为延缓痴呆或减轻记忆问题提供有益途径。 yeeyan
Delaying, putting off things, slacking, hiding from work, facing work only when it’s unavoidable, then repeating this loop all over again.
推迟、拖踏、松懈、隐藏工作、只到不可避免的时候才去面对工作，然后又是完全重复这一怪圈。 yeeyan
Delaying acknowledgments effectively increases the size of the retransmission queue, a prerequisite for the attack.
延迟应答大大增加了重传队列的长度，这为攻击提供了必要条件。 ibm |