postdate sth
及物动词，后接宾语，表示在文件上填写一个比实际晚的日期。
She postdated the check to next week.
她把支票日期填到了下周。
晚于；迟于
postdating — present participle of postdate
填迟…的日期；把…的日期填晚；在事件或时间之后发生；在时间上存在得更晚；为文件或行动指定一个晚于实际日期的生效日期；在事件之后附上日期；填迟...的日期
to be later in time than something
在事件或时间之后发生；在时间上存在得更晚
To occur after an event or time; to exist later on in time.
为文件或行动指定一个晚于实际日期的生效日期
To assign an effective date to a document or action later than the actual date.
在事件之后附上日期
To affix a date to after the event.
一般现在时
I postdate the check.
我填迟了支票的日期。
现在进行时
I am postdating the letter.
我正在往信上填写迟的日期。
simple past
I postdated the document yesterday.
我昨天填迟了文件的日期。
现在完成时
I have postdated several checks.
我已经填迟了几张支票的日期。
simple future
I will postdate the contract.
我将填迟合同的日期。
填迟日期
They agreed to postdate the contract so the official start date would fall after the holiday.
他们同意把合同日期填晚，这样正式生效日期就会在假期之后。
用法提示：postdate 作及物动词，后接 contract，表示把日期写成比实际更晚。
She accidentally postdated her receipt and had to ask the shop to correct the date.
她不小心把收据上的日期填晚了，只好请商店改正日期。
用法提示：postdated 是 postdate 的过去式，带宾语 receipt，表示填写了更晚的日期。
The landlord asked me to postdate the rent check by three days because he would be away until then.
房东让我把租金支票的日期填迟三天，因为他到那时才会回来。
用法提示：postdate 前有 to，后接 rent check，表示将支票日期往后填三天。
及物动词，后接宾语，表示在文件上填写一个比实际晚的日期。
She postdated the check to next week.
她把支票日期填到了下周。
通常用介词to引出填写的日期。
He postdated the invoice to the end of the month.
他把发票日期填写到月底。
被动语态，强调动作承受者。
The contract was postdated to avoid penalties.
合同被填写了事后日期以避免罚金。
可数名词，表示填迟的日期。
The postdate on the document raises suspicion.
文件上的事后日期引起了怀疑。
grammar · medium
易错句子The check postdates.
正确表达The check is postdated.
postdate 是及物动词，需要宾语或使用被动形式，这里误用作不及物动词，缺少宾语。
grammar · medium
易错句子The invoice was postdated to last week.
正确表达The invoice was postdated to next week.
postdate 意为填写比实际更晚的日期，而 last week 是过去的时间，逻辑矛盾；正确应使用未来的日期。
postdate 指填未来的日期，backdate 指填过去的日期
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