Word · Frequency #2530
delays
推迟；延期
delays is the third person singular of delay.
To put off something to a later time; to defer.
- 1.
To put off until a later time; to defer.
推迟到以后；延期
- 2.
To retard; to temporarily stop, detain, or hinder.
延缓；暂时停止、扣留或阻碍
- 3.
To wait, hesitate, tarry.
等待,犹豫,徘徊
- 4.
cause to be slowed down or delayed
导致减速或延迟
耽误；延误；使延迟；犹豫；拖延；耽搁；推迟到以后；延期；延缓；暂时停止、扣留或阻碍；等待,犹豫,徘徊
In use
The storm delays our departure by two hours.
They delayed the meeting until next week.
The project was delayed due to budget issues.
Traffic was delayed by the bad weather
she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform
Verb forms
base delay · third person delays · -ing delaying · past delayed · past participle delayed
规则动词，过去式和过去分词均为delayed。
Connections
Collocations
- delay the meeting
- 推迟会议
- We had to delay the meeting because of a scheduling conflict.由于日程冲突，我们不得不推迟会议。
- delay doing something
- 推迟做某事
- He delayed making a decision until he had more information.他推迟做决定，直到获得更多信息。
- delay a decision
- 推迟决定
- The committee decided to delay a decision on the proposal.委员会决定推迟对提案的决定。
- be delayed due to
- 因……而延误
- The flight was delayed due to bad weather.航班因恶劣天气而延误。
- delay the release
- 推迟发布
- The company delayed the release of the new product.公司推迟了新产品的发布。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想‘的累’——事情太多，累得不得不延迟。
Context & Register
通常用于中性场合，既可日常也可正式，适用于交通、项目、会议等多种情境。
Grammar Note
后接名词或动名词，不接不定式
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the same stressed vowel sound /eɪ/ as the -ay ending in 'delay'. Note that 'delay' has the prefix 'de-', but the rhyme is on the final syllable.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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