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delay

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近义词put up postpone detain off hold

反义词

vi. 延期；耽搁
vt. 延期；耽搁
n. 延期；耽搁；被耽搁或推迟的时间
n. (Delay)人名；(英)迪莱；(法)德莱

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词态变化

第三人称单数: delays;过去式: delayed;过去分词: delayed;现在分词: delaying;

中文词源

delay 延迟

来自法语delaie, 来自de-, 向下，离开，-laie, 留下，停留，词源同lax, 拼写受lay影响俗化，引申义延迟。

英英释意

1. time during which some action is awaited;: "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"

2. the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

英文词源

delay: delay: [13] English acquired delay from Old French delaier, a compound verb formed from the prefix de- ‘off’ and laier ‘leave’. This verb, which also crops up in English relay, appears to have been a variant of laissier (source of English lease), which came from Latin laxāre ‘slacken, undo’. This in turn was derived from the adjective laxus ‘loose’.
=> lax, lease, relay
delay (v.): c. 1300, from Old French delaiier, from de- "away, from" (see de-) + laier "leave, let," probably a variant of Old French laissier, from Latin laxare "slacken, undo" (see lax). Related: Delayed; delaying.
delay (n.): mid-13c., from Old French delaie, from delaiier (see delay (v.)).

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

Leigh Thompson of Kellogg School of Management in Illinois warns that, Teams are not always the answer—teams may provide insight, creativity and knowledge in a way that a person working independently cannot; but teamwork may also lead to confusion, delay and poor decision-making.

Long queues, delayed flights and over - crowding at airports have become almost as much a topic for conversation in Britain as the traditional complaining about the weather.

The assumption is that children shouldn't chat in the classroom because it hinders hard work; instead, they should learn to delay gratification ( ' , 快乐 ) so that they can pursue abstract goals, like going to college.

Unfortunately, it's been delayed due to the bad weather.

That's why there is most often a delay associated with muscle soreness.

The assumption is that children shouldn't chat in the classroom because it hinders hard work; instead, they should learn to delay gratification so that they can pursue abstract goals, like going to college.

The holiday bonus was designed to encourage young people to delay getting married in line with China's one-child policy.

The current low fossil fuel price environment will thus certainly delay the energy transition from fossil fuel to clean energy sources.

But more recently, companies have begun to plan more affordable After being dogged by technical delays for years, Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic's founder, had recently suggested that a SpaceShipTwo craft would carry its first paying customers as soon as February 2015.

He wanted to do one thing at a time," Meg says, explaining her son's delay.

Educators may fear that children hearing two languages will become permanently confused and thus their language development will be delayed ;this concern is not documented in the literature.

With far less controversy, colleges could send messages about canceled classes, delayed buses, campus crises or just the cafeteria menu.

Q:What has caused the delay of the shipment?

It's the message you sent me about the delivery delay of the control desks.

I only heard about the delay yesterday because we kept the production line clear to handle these special sheets

I hope you are not to put out with me for the delay ,I had to stop for the Fred's home to pick up a book on my way here M : well , that's not a big deal ,but you might at least phone if you know you will keep someone waiting Q : what do we learn about the women

A politician may read an account of his latest successful public meeting, not for its delayed reward, but very much as his wife reads an account of a party.

And the longer we delay it, the more tired we feel.

Delayed reward may be expected from news of public affairs, economic matters, social problems, science, education, and health.

For want of better names, we shall call these two classes immediate reward and delayed reward.

In any given story of corruption or disaster, a thoughtful reader may receive not only the immediate reward of indirect experience, but also the delayed reward of information and preparedness.

It was considerate of Michael to inform us of his delay in case we got worried.

News of delayed reward will induce the reader to prepare for the reality while news of immediate reward will lead the reader to withdraw from the reality.

News of delayed reward will make readers suffer, or present a threat to them.

Parents' changed attitudes lead to college children's delayed independence.

People with start-up fatigue are most likely to delay tasks.

The proposal attempts to deal with what some call the "death valley" of autonomous vehicles: the grey area between semi-autonomous and fully driverless cars that could delay the driverless future.

When a reader selects delayed reward news, he pulls himself into the world of surrounding reality to which he can adapt himself only by hard work.

Without delay, I called to thank her.

Sometimes storms blew the vessels far off their course, and often calm brought unbearably long delay.

实用场景例句

a delay of two hours/a two-hour delay: 两小时的延误

There's no time for delay.: 没有时间了，不能拖延了。

Report it to the police without delay (= immediately) .: 赶快将此事报告警方。

The judge will delay his verdict until he receives medical reports on the offender.: 法官将推迟判决，直到收到有关违法者的医疗报告。

She's suffering a delayed reaction (= a reaction that did not happen immediately) to the shock.: 她正在承受着冲击所带来的滞后反应。

He delayed telling her the news, waiting for the right moment.: 他没有马上把消息告诉她，等有了适当的时机再说。

Don't delay─call us today!: 别拖延——今天就给我们打电话！

Thousands of commuters were delayed for over an hour.: 数千名乘车上下班的人被耽搁了一个多小时。

The government is accused of using delaying tactics (= deliberately doing sth to delay a process, decision, etc.) .: 政府被指责故意采取拖延战术。

Commuters will face long delays on the roads today.: 路远乘车上下班的人今天要在路上耽误很多时间了。

We apologize for the delay in answering your letter.: 来信收悉，迟复为歉。

They had delayed having children, for the usual reason, to establish their careers...: 为了那个通常的原因——创立自己的事业，他们推迟了要孩子。

Can you delay him in some way?...: 你能想办法拖住他一会儿吗？

Various setbacks and problems delayed production...: 各种各样的挫折和问题耽搁了生产进度。

If he delayed any longer, the sun would be up.: 如果他再拖延，太阳就要出来了。

They claimed that such a delay wouldn't hurt anyone...: 他们声称这样的延期对谁都不会造成损害。

Although the tests have caused some delay, flights should be back to normal this morning.: 虽然检测造成了一定的延迟，不过今天早上航班就应该能恢复正常了。

There is no time left for delay...: 已经没有时间再耽误了。

We'll send you a quote without delay.: 我们会立刻送一份报价给你。

For sentimental reasons I wanted to delay my departure until June...: 因为感情方面的原因，我想把离开的日期延迟至6月。

Application: mainly use to shave rust and oil paint.: 用途: 主要用来刮除铁锈和墙漆.

His delay made the teacher angry.: 他的迟到使老师生气了.

The assembly voted to delay the legislation to allow further consultation to take place.: 议会投票决定暂缓立法以便进一步磋商.

They were granted a delay of 48 hours to gather more evidence.: 准许他们迟延48小时,以收集更多的证据.

We surmised that the delay was caused by some accident.: 我们推测迟延是由某种事故所致.

Don't delay any more.: 不要再拖了.

It is getting late, don't delay.: 时间已晚, 不要耽搁了.

After a long delay, he got around to writing the letter.: 耽搁了很久以后, 他找到时间写这封信.

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