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delayed 作表语，说明某事物比通常或预期更晚发生。
Her flight was delayed.
她的航班晚点了。
延迟的；推迟的
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延迟的；推迟的
Happening later than is usual, expected, or desired.
Her flight was delayed.
她的航班晚点了。
比通常、预期或期望的时间更晚发生的；延迟的。
Happening later than is usual, expected, or desired.
The delayed flight finally took off at midnight.
延误的航班终于在午夜起飞了。
She received a delayed response to her email.
她收到了对她邮件的延迟回复。
The delayed start of the concert annoyed the audience.
音乐会推迟开始让观众感到不满。
delayed 作表语，说明某事物比通常或预期更晚发生。
Her flight was delayed.
她的航班晚点了。
delayed 作定语修饰名词，意为“延迟的、晚点的”。
A delayed response caused many problems.
延迟的回应引起了许多问题。
用 until 表明延迟到某个时间点。
The launch was delayed until Friday.
发射推迟到周五。
Not this
The train delayed because of the heavy snow.
Use this
The train was delayed because of the heavy snow.
delayed 是形容词或被动分词，作表语时必须有 be 动词构成“was delayed”，不能说“train delayed”直接作谓语。
Not this
There was a delayed of two hours.
Use this
There was a delay of two hours.
这里需要名词 delay 表达“延误、延迟”，delayed 是形容词，不能用作名词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
延迟的响应
The delayed response from the server caused frustration.
服务器的延迟响应令人沮丧。
滞后的反应
She had a delayed reaction to the news.
她对这个消息的反应有些滞后。
延误的航班
Our delayed flight arrived at midnight.
我们延误的航班午夜才到。
延迟满足
Learning delayed gratification is an important life skill.
学会延迟满足是一项重要的生活技能。
延迟发作
The drug can cause delayed onset of side effects.
这种药物可能导致不良反应的延迟发作。
发育迟缓
Early intervention can help children with delayed development.
早期干预可以帮助发育迟缓的儿童。
迟到的正义即非正义。
A famous legal maxim often quoted in speeches about the right to a fair trial and the cost of court backlogs.
一句著名法律格言，常被引用于关于公平审判权利和司法积压危害的演讲中。
延迟发售的游戏最终会变好，但仓促发售的游戏永远都是糟糕的。
Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda, said this about why Nintendo takes time to polish its games.
《超级马力欧》和《塞尔达传说》的创作者宫本茂以此说明任天堂为何花时间打磨游戏。
发长 /eɪ/ 音 (如 day, play)
Use delayed naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 delayed 看成 de + lay + ed：事情被“放下(lay)”在一边，所以是“延迟的、推迟的”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、新闻报道、工作安排 delayed 为中性常用词，多用于日常对话及正式场合，如“航班延误”（delayed flight）或“会议推迟”（delayed meeting），通常表示比预期时间晚。
作表语时常用be delayed结构；作定语时置于名词前。
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