| 单词 | defer |
| 释义 | defer (dɪfɜːʳ ) Word forms: defers , deferring , deferred 1. verb 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. [VERB noun/verb-ing] I'm not going to defer decisions just because they are not immediately politically popular. [VERB noun/-ing] Synonyms: postpone, delay, put off, suspend 2. verb 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. [VERB + to] Collocations: defer gratification Being adept at work demands emotional control, empathy, motivation, the ability to apply oneself with a single mind and to defer gratification. Times, Sunday Times We have to gain qualifications, conduct leg work and defer gratification in myriad ways. Times, Sunday Times We have to learn again to defer gratification, and put deeper draughts of joy ahead of instant hits of pleasure. Times, Sunday Times Convincing people to forgo chips and fizzy drinks in favour of vegetables and water requires getting them to defer gratification in favour of a better life in a far-off future. Times, Sunday Times However, the relative ability to defer gratification remains stable throughout development. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With sustained deflation, consumers put off purchases, businesses defer investment plans and the real value of debt isn't eroded. Times, Sunday Times Businesses would defer investment, anticipating weak consumer demand. Times, Sunday Times Only if there looks to be an enduringly higher level for oil prices will that depress consumption and cause companies to defer investment plans. Times, Sunday Times Their rational course in these circumstances would be, respectively, to pay down debt and defer investment. Times, Sunday Times Even if they were merely moderately wary, they would be more likely to defer investment and hiring programmes than pursue them. Times, Sunday Times But long-distance transactions involving credit and deferred payment required money and lots of it. America Past and Present (1995) Each month, when the payment was due, they would encourage me to just pay the minimum amount and defer the payment. The Sun (2013) An EIS can also be used to defer payment of capital gains tax by rolling gains into the investments. Times, Sunday Times (2013) You defer the payment of capital-gains tax. Times, Sunday Times (2006) One option could be to defer payment until the owner dies and the house is sold. Times, Sunday Times (2014) He should certainly not again defer responsibility for payment to the young. Times,Sunday Times They make decisions based on wanting to be the best they can be; they trust people perhaps they shouldn't trust; they defer responsibility for their decisions to other people. Times, Sunday Times She wants to explore ideas about privilege, deferred responsibility, about the biological clock, about dogma and decision-making and the grey area of morality. Times, Sunday Times Lobbyists suggested that the sum could be higher further ahead, as companies will be allowed to defer tax losses for up to six years. Times, Sunday Times Keep as much of your profits in the company as possible and you'll defer tax. Globe and Mail He said it had sought to defer tax rather than avoid it. Times, Sunday Times She had taken her accountant's advice in the late 1990s and invested in a film scheme to defer tax payments — then forgot about it. Times, Sunday Times This will reduce the required withdrawal annually and will allow you to defer tax longer. Globe and Mail Translations: Chinese: 推迟 Japanese: 延期する |
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