英语词汇“postponement”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

When you delay something until a later time or date, that's a postponement. If a trial lawyer doesn't have all the information she needs, she may ask the judge for a postponement until the following week.

A postponement can also be called a deferral or a stay, and it means rescheduling something for later. You can request a postponement of your chemistry test, but there's no guarantee you'll get it. When a baseball game or tennis match gets rained out, the teams agree on a postponement, starting over at the earliest opportunity. Postponement has a Latin root, postponere, "put after, neglect, or postpone."

WORD FAMILY

postponement: postponements+/postpone: postponed, postponement, postponer, postpones, postponing/postponer: postponers

USAGE EXAMPLES

Carolina announced a delay on Twitter about 15 minutes before the scheduled start time of 7 p.m., then publicized the postponement around 8:45 p.m.

Washington Times(Dec 20, 2016)

Carolina announced the postponement around 8:45 p.m., and no makeup date was immediately announced.

Seattle Times(Dec 19, 2016)

Edwards’ chief budget adviser, Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne, called the postponement irresponsible, ignoring the need for millions in cuts to keep the budget balanced.

Washington Times(Dec 18, 2016)

1n act of putting off to a future time

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deferment, deferral

adjournment

the act of postponing to another time or place

delay, holdup

the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

2n time during which some action is awaited

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

delay, hold, time lag, wait

extension

a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt

moratorium

a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged

retardation

the extent to which something is delayed or held back

break, intermission, interruption, pause, suspension

a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

单词	postponement
释义	postponement (once / 3789 pages) n When you delay something until a later time or date, that's a postponement. If a trial lawyer doesn't have all the information she needs, she may ask the judge for a postponement until the following week. A postponement can also be called a deferral or a stay, and it means rescheduling something for later. You can request a postponement of your chemistry test, but there's no guarantee you'll get it. When a baseball game or tennis match gets rained out, the teams agree on a postponement, starting over at the earliest opportunity. Postponement has a Latin root, postponere, "put after, neglect, or postpone." WORD FAMILY postponement: postponements+/postpone: postponed, postponement, postponer, postpones, postponing/postponer: postponers USAGE EXAMPLES Carolina announced a delay on Twitter about 15 minutes before the scheduled start time of 7 p.m., then publicized the postponement around 8:45 p.m. Washington Times(Dec 20, 2016) Carolina announced the postponement around 8:45 p.m., and no makeup date was immediately announced. Seattle Times(Dec 19, 2016) Edwards’ chief budget adviser, Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne, called the postponement irresponsible, ignoring the need for millions in cuts to keep the budget balanced. Washington Times(Dec 18, 2016) 1n act of putting off to a future time Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper deferment, deferral adjournment the act of postponing to another time or place delay, holdup the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time 2n time during which some action is awaited Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper delay, hold, time lag, wait extension a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt moratorium a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged retardation the extent to which something is delayed or held back break, intermission, interruption, pause, suspension a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
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