postponing

英 [pəˈspəʊnɪŋ]

美 [poʊˈspoʊnɪŋ]

v.  延迟; 延期; 展缓
postpone的现在分词

现在分词：postponing　

柯林斯词典

• VERB 推迟；使延期；延缓
  If youpostponean event, you delay it or arrange for it to take place at a later time than was originally planned.
  1. He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day...
     他决定把探险推迟到第二天。
  2. The visit has now been postponed indefinitely.
     参观现在已经被无限期推迟了。

双语例句

• A: Do you favor the idea of postponing the meeting?
  你觉得把会议推迟好吗？
• It took a bit of practice to get this to work but I have gotten pretty good at postponing thinking in this way.
  我做了一些锻炼使它得以工作但是我变得相当擅长于用这种方法推迟思考。
• But growth is not a good excuse for postponing much-needed structural adjustment.
  但增长并非推迟急需进行的结构性调整的借口。
• I don't hold with the idea of postponing further discussion of the matter.
  我不赞成推迟进一步讨论这件事的想法。
• Now, a higher proportion of those without four-year degrees are postponing marriage.
  但现在，没有读过四年大学的人群推迟结婚的情况更普遍。
• Orders to our export oriented customers have reduced, and companies are postponing their investment plans.
  我们的出口型客户的订单减少了，很多公司推迟了投资计划。
• There is no question of postponing this task until to-morrow.
  这工作不能留到明天去做。
• Their findings are alarming because women are increasingly postponing having children until they have established a career.
  他们的研究结果令人恐慌，因为现在的妇女越来越推后生育，直到她们有了自己的事业。
• In order to ensure that George is ready, we are thinking of postponing.
  为了让乔治能准备好，我们打算把比赛。
• Professor Young is coming these Friday, and that's my reason for postponing our meeting till next week.
  星期五场教授要来，而这就是我把会议推迟到下星期的原因。