postponed

英 [pəˈspəʊnd]

美 [poʊˈspoʊnd]

v.  延迟; 延期; 展缓
postpone的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：postponed　

BNC.24294 / COCA.25289

柯林斯词典

• VERB 推迟；使延期；延缓
  If youpostponean event, you delay it or arrange for it to take place at a later time than was originally planned.
  1. He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day...
     他决定把探险推迟到第二天。
  2. The visit has now been postponed indefinitely.
     参观现在已经被无限期推迟了。

双语例句

• I notified him that the meeting had been postponed.
  我通知他会议已经延期。
• We may reasonably conclude that the meeting has been postponed.
  我们有理由可以断定，会议推迟了。
• Vietnam made an official request that the meeting be postponed.
  越南已经正式请求将会议推迟。
• The meeting has been postponed for some reason.
  会议因故延期。
• Elections were postponed the day before polling was due to take place.
  在预定进行投票的前一天选举被延期。
• The game was postponed because of rain.
  因雨，比赛延期了。
• The ball game was postponed because of rain.
  球赛因雨推迟了。
• He postponed his trip at the eleventh hour.
  他在最后时刻推迟了行程。
• It rained and therefore the football match was postponed.
  天下雨，足球赛因此而延期了。
• The fair has been postponed.
  交易会展期举行。