defer
英 [dɪ'fɜː]
美[dɪ'fɝ]
- vi. 推迟；延期；服从
- vt. 使推迟；使延期
- n. (Defer)人名；(法)德费
词态变化
第三人称单数: defers;过去式: deferred;过去分词: deferred;现在分词: deferring;名词: deferment;
中文词源
defer 推迟，延迟
de-, 分开，散开。-fer, 拿，带，词源同bring, infer. 即分散开，引申义推迟，延迟。
defer 遵从，顺从de-, 向下，离开。-fer, 拿，带，词源同bring, infer. 即拿走，转移，词义引申为转交，遵从，顺从。
英英释意
- 1. hold back to a later time;
- "let's postpone the exam"
- 2. submit or yield to another's wish or opinion;
- "The government bowed to the military pressure"
英文词源
- defer
- defer: English has two distinct verbs defer. The one meaning ‘delay’ [14] is ultimately the same words as differ. It comes via Old French differer from Latin differre ‘carry apart, delay’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dis- ‘apart’ and ferre ‘carry’ (related to English bear). The Latin verb’s past participle, dīlātus, is the source of English dilatory [15]. Defer ‘submit’ [15] comes via Old French deferer from Latin dēferre ‘carry away’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘away’ and ferre.
The notion of submission seems to have arisen from an earlier application to referring, or ‘carrying’, a matter to someone else.
=> bear, dilatory - defer (v.1)
- "to delay," late 14c., differren, deferren, from Old French differer (14c.), from Latin differre "carry apart, scatter, disperse;" also "be different, differ;" also "defer, put off, postpone," (see differ). Etymologically identical with differ; the spelling and pronunciation differentiated from 15c., perhaps partly by association of this word with delay.
- defer (v.2)
- "yield," mid-15c., from Middle French déférer (14c.) "to yield, comply," from Latin deferre "carry away, transfer, grant," from de- "down, away" (see de-) + ferre "carry" (see infer). Main modern sense is from meaning "refer (a matter) to someone," which also was in Latin.
同义词辨析
delay, postpone, defer, suspend, prolong, put off
这些动词或短语动词均有"推延，延期"之意。
delay： 普通用词，多指因外界原因推迟或耽误，也可指有意推迟。
postpone： 正式用词，语气较强，多指有安排的延期，常指明延期到一定的时间。
defer： 正式用词，语气强于postpone，多指故意拖延。
suspend： 指暂时中断以待某种条件的实现。
prolong： 指把时间延长至超过正常或通常的限度。
put off： 口语用词，与postpone同义，但较通俗。
考试真题
- This is why repeated attempts at reform legislation have failed in recent years, leaving the Postal Service unable to pay its bills except by deferring vital modernization.
出自-2018年考研阅读原文
- In the US, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has pushed most public companies to defer performance bonuses for senior executives by about a year, slightly helping reduce "short-termism."
2019年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- We will defer to whatever the committee decides.
- 我们遵从委员会作出的任何决定。
牛津词典
- She had applied for deferred admission to college.
- 她已申请延期入学。
牛津词典
- The department deferred the decision for six months.
- 这个部门推迟了六个月才作决定。
牛津词典
- Doctors are encouraged to defer to experts.
- 鼓励医生听从专家的意见。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I'm not going to defer decisions just because they are not immediately politically popular.
- 我不会因为它们没有即刻在政治上受到欢迎就推迟作出这些决定。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Customers often defer payment for as long as possible...
- 顾客常常会尽可能地拖延付款。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- We will defer to whatever the committee decides.
- 我们遵从委员会作出的任何决定.
《简明英汉词典》
- The company agreed to defer payment for three months.
- 公司同意延期三个月后付款.
期刊摘选
- When It comes to breaking and entering , I defer to Kapowski.
- 当他们休息进来的时候, 我听从卡波司基的.
期刊摘选
- In the review stage, I defer to such mentality to carry on.
- 在复习阶段, 我就是按照这样的思路进行的.
期刊摘选
- What reason can bring about menstruation to defer?
- 有什么原因能导致月经推迟?
期刊摘选
- I shall defer replying till I hear from home.
- 我将等接到家信以后再给你答复.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- I'll defer the matter to my brother.
- 我会把这件事委托给我的哥哥.
期刊摘选
- I will defer going till I have more money.
- 我要延期到我有更多钱时才去.
期刊摘选
- If they defer spending, they believe they will get more for their money.
- 如果他们推后再消费, 用同样多的钱就能够买到更多的东西.
期刊摘选
- In the future, I will defer to Game's schedule and coach's suggestion change training plan.
- 将来, 我会按照残奥会的赛程和教练的建议改变训练方案.
期刊摘选
- Queue to defer the eject until files and windows are closed.
- 关闭文件和窗口之前,将卷排入队列以推迟弹出.
期刊摘选
- Please defer to the work of author, No allow distribute and change!
- 请尊重作者的劳动, 不要随意散播、改动软件!
期刊摘选
- New teachers soon learn to defer to more experienced professors.
- 新老师很快学会尊重有较多经验的教授.
期刊摘选
- Let's defer the decision for a few weeks.
- 咱们延缓几个礼拜再做决定吧.
《简明英汉词典》
- This remediation activity could potentially defer landfill closure costs indefinitely.
- 此补救措施可能会延缓垃圾掩埋无法确定的关闭成本.
期刊摘选
- Would you defer to an authority figure?
- 你会顺从权威人物 吗 ?
期刊摘选
- They defer to the experts on the front line.
- 他们遵从于一线专家.
期刊摘选
- We should defer to our parents'wishes.
- 我们应当顺从父母的意愿.
期刊摘选
- On technical matters, I defer to the experts.
- 在技术问题上, 我遵从专家的意见.
辞典例句
- The article discussed the matter of CCM technology and project plan defer.
- 本文论述了CCM技术以及项目进度延迟的原因.
期刊摘选
- Both federal and state courts must defer to arbitration if the contract in dispute binding clause.
- 如果契约约定纠纷用仲裁解决且仲裁条约具有约束力,那么美国联邦政府的法院和州的法院都必须遵从仲裁.
期刊摘选
- We all defer to him in these matters.
- 在这类事情上我们都听他的.
《简明英汉词典》
- We wish to defer our decision until next week.
- 我们希望推迟到下星期再作出决定.
《简明英汉词典》
- They cannot defer their departure any longer.
- 他们再不能推迟动身了.
《简明英汉词典》