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单词 postpone
释义 post·pone
\(ˈ)pōs(t)ˈpōn, _pəs(t)ˈ-\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin postponere to put after, neglect, postpone, from post- + ponere to place, put — more at position
1. : to hold back to a later time : defer, delay
 < postpone payments for a year >
 < postpone further discussion of the matter >
 < the meeting is postponed until next week >
 < postponed doing her housework for a few hours >
2.
 a. : to place after : put nearer the end
  < postponing the verb in German >
  — used especially of words and particles
 b. : to place after in order of precedence, preference, or importance : subordinate
  < English law in its canons of inheritance postponed the daughter to the son — Frederick Pollock & F.W.Maitland >
  < wish you never to postpone your business to literary trifling — G.B.Shaw >
Synonyms: see defer
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