defer

美 [dɪˈfɜːr]英 [dɪˈfɜː(r)]
  • vt.推迟;延缓;展期

派生词: deferment n. 过去式: deferred 现在分词: deferring 过去分词: deferred 第三人称单数: defers

deferdefer

verb

推迟;延缓;展期
to delay sth until a later time

The department deferred the decision for six months.

这个部门推迟了六个月才作决定。

She had applied for deferred admission to college.

她已申请延期入学。

put off
短语动词

defer

频次

  • 1
    VERB 推迟;拖延;延缓
    If you defer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time.

    Customers often defer payment for as long as possible...

    顾客常常会尽可能地拖延付款。

  • 2
    VERB 遵从;听从;顺从
    If you defer to someone, you accept their opinion or do what they want you to do, even when you do not agree with it yourself, because you respect them or their authority.

    Doctors are encouraged to defer to experts.

    鼓励医生听从专家的意见。

verb

1
yield to another's wish or opinion
The government bowed to the military pressure
Synonym: submit bow accede give in
2
hold back to a later time
let's postpone the exam
Synonym: postpone prorogue hold over put over table shelve set back remit put off

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  1. I 'm not going to defer decisions just because they are not immediately politically popular .

    我不会因为它们没有即刻在政治上受到欢迎就推迟作出这些决定。

  2. The students would like to defer their discussion until next Monday afternoon .

    学生们想把讨论会推迟到下星期一下午进行。

  3. The department deferred the decision for six months .

    这个部门推迟了六个月才作决定。

  4. She had applied for deferred admission to college .

    她已申请延期入学。

  5. Customers often defer payment for as long as possible

    顾客常常会尽可能地拖延付款。

  6. Doctors are encouraged to defer to experts .

    鼓励医生听从专家的意见。

  7. The bank agreed to defer their payments for four months .

    银行同意他们延期4个月付款。

  8. Hand in your proposal as soon as possible - you have deferred too long .

    尽快提交你的议案——你拖延得太久了。

  9. Let 's defer the decision for a few weeks .

    咱们延缓几个礼拜再做决定吧。

  10. The Department deferred the decision for six months .

    这个部门推迟了六个月才作决定。

  11. We defer matters of this kind to him .

    我们把这类事情交由他处理。

  12. We will defer to whatever the Committee decides .

    我们遵从委员会作出的任何决定。

  13. At the suggestion of our parents , we deferred the visit to the museum until the following day .

    根据我们父母的建议,我们将参观博物馆一事推迟到第二天。

  14. I 'd be happy to defer to your wishes , but there 's really nothing I can do .

    不是我不买你的面子,实在这事不好办。

  15. We wish to defer our decision until next week .

    我们希望推迟到下星期再作出决定。

  16. If a chair is not available one can always defer to a floordrobe .

    如果你们家没有这样的一把椅子,你可以直接进入地板衣橱(floordrobe)阶段。

  17. Even in Iraq , America defers to the elected government .

    即使在伊拉克,美国也要遵从他的民选政府

  18. Think of it as deferring part of the compiler 's job to runtime .

    可以认为这是将编译器的部分工作延迟到了运行时

  19. She never defers to her parents ' opinions .

    她从来不听从父母的意见

  20. First , most authors are happy to defer to the publisher about how to sell as many copies of their book as possible ;

    第一,对于如何尽可能让书畅销这件事,作者们很乐意听出版社的意见。

  21. Saving changes may be deferred until all processing is complete .

    保存更改可能会被延迟到所有处理完成之后。

  22. Present financial difficulties will defer employment of new staff .

    目前财政有困难,只好对新职工缓聘。

  23. The focal point is the choice Deferred and Liability Method .

    三是所得税跨期摊配的程度与方法。其中矛盾的焦点又集中在递延法和债务法的选择上。

  24. Deferred maintenance : more attention is needed to safety implications .

    近期维修:需格外注意安全含义。

  25. Can we defer making a decision until next week ?

    我们能推迟到下周再作决定吗?

  26. Meanwhile , the deferred acceptance algorithm will produce optimal stable matching .

    同时,递延接受算法将产生最优稳定匹配。

  27. New teachers soon learn to defer to more experienced professors .

    新老师很快学会尊重有较多经验的教授。

  28. His military service was deferred until he finished college .

    他去军队服役被推迟到念完大学。

  29. The study of the Option to Defer Investment and Decision-making of Venture Project Investment

    延迟期权与风险投资决策研究

  30. Dropping the index is deferred until no user is using the index .

    索引的删除延迟到没有用户使用该索引的时候。

defer adjourn delay postpone put off 【导航词义:推迟】
defer v. 推迟,延期
〔辨析〕

较正式用词,多指故意拖延。

〔例证〕

The students would like to defer their discussion until next Monday afternoon.

学生们想把讨论会推迟到下星期一下午进行。

The bank agreed to defer their payments for four months.

银行同意他们延期4个月付款。

Hand in your proposal as soon as possible - you have deferred too long.

尽快提交你的议案——你拖延得太久了。

adjourn v. 休(会),休(庭),延期
〔辨析〕

指会议休会、法庭休庭或审判延期。

〔例证〕

The meeting is adjourned for an unknown reason.

会议莫名其妙地休会了。

It was almost 10 o'clock when the court adjourned.

法庭休庭的时候差不多已经10点了。

The trial will be adjourned until June.

审判将推迟到6月。

delay v. (使)推迟,耽搁
〔辨析〕

多指由于外在原因而推迟或耽误,有时也指有意推迟。

〔例证〕

The rain delayed the opening ceremony for one hour.

大雨使开幕式延迟了1个小时。

The board decided to delay their vacation until next week.

董事会决定把休假推迟到下周。

Don't delay - homework right now!

别拖了,现在就写作业!

postpone v. 延迟,延缓
〔辨析〕

多指有计划地延期,通常会明确延期到何时。

〔例证〕

They planned to postpone their trip until the spring.

他们打算把旅行推迟到春天。

Nokia has postponed the release of its new product.

诺基亚已经推迟了新产品的发布。

put off v. 推迟,延期
〔辨析〕

尤指因出现问题或不想现在做某事而推迟,作此义解时常可与 delay 换用。

〔例证〕

The sports meeting has been put off/delayed until tomorrow due to bad weather.

由于天气恶劣,运动会推迟到明天举行。

The meeting has been put off/delayed until next week so that more people can attend.

为了使更多的人可以参加,此次会议已推迟到下周。

  • 短语动词

以下资源来自牛津词典

defer to sb/sth

遵从;听从;顺从
to agree to accept what sb has decided or what they think about sb/sth because you respect him or her

We will defer to whatever the committee decides.

我们遵从委员会作出的任何决定。