postpone something
后接名词或名词短语，表示推迟某事。
They decided to postpone the meeting.
他们决定推迟会议。
推迟；延迟；延期
postponed — past of postpone
推迟；延迟(事件、约会等)；使延期；缓办；搁延
推迟；延迟(事件、约会等)
To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.
一般现在时
They often postpone meetings.
他们经常推迟会议。
一般过去时
She postponed the trip yesterday.
她昨天推迟了旅行。
现在进行时
We are postponing the party due to rain.
由于下雨，我们正在推迟派对。
规则动词
Due to the storm, they decided to postpone the outdoor concert.
由于暴风雨，他们决定推迟露天音乐会。
用法提示：这里 postpone 是动词，表示将计划的事件延期，后面直接跟宾语 the outdoor concert。
We had to postpone our meeting until next week because the manager was sick.
我们不得不把会议推迟到下周，因为经理生病了。
用法提示：postpone 后接宾语 our meeting，再接 until 短语说明推迟到何时。
The company postponed the launch of its new product for further testing.
公司推迟了新产品的发布，以便进行进一步测试。
用法提示：这里使用了过去式 postponed，说明延迟动作已经发生，后接名词短语 the launch。
后接名词或名词短语，表示推迟某事。
They decided to postpone the meeting.
他们决定推迟会议。
后接动名词短语，表示推迟做某事。
She postponed going to the dentist.
她推迟了去看牙医。
until 后接时间点，也可用 till。
The game was postponed until next week.
比赛被推迟到下周。
被动语态，强调动作的承受者。
The flight has been postponed.
航班已被推迟。
通用，语气中性
较正式，常用于计划或决定
口语常用，有时含拖延意味
强调安排新时间，不一定是后推
含暂缓或放弃的意味，更正式
grammar · medium
易错句子We postponed to hold the meeting.
正确表达We postponed holding the meeting.
英语中，postpone 后应接动名词（-ing形式）作宾语，而非不定式。
grammar · medium
易错句子The exam was postponed for next week.
正确表达The exam was postponed until next week.
表示推迟到某个具体时间，应用介词 until，而非 for。
动词，使…提前发生，与postpone（推迟）相反
动词短语，将…提前，与postpone（推迟）相反
动词，使…加快发生，与postpone（推迟）的延迟含义相对
推迟会议
We decided to postpone the meeting until next week.
我们决定把会议推迟到下周。
推迟决定
The committee postponed the decision due to lack of information.
由于信息不足，委员会推迟了决定。
推迟旅行
They had to postpone the trip because of the storm.
由于暴风雨，他们不得不推迟旅行。
无限期推迟
The event was postponed indefinitely due to budget issues.
由于预算问题，该活动被无限期推迟。
推迟到...
The exam was postponed until Friday.
考试推迟到星期五。
推迟到...
Can we postpone our appointment to next Monday?
我们能把约会推迟到下周一吗？
post- + pone + -ment
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