delay

英[dɪˈleɪ]
美[dɪˈleɪ]

基本释义

v.
推迟; 耽误; 磨蹭; 使迟到
n.
延期; 耽误

词性变化

实用例句

a delay of two hours/a two-hour delay

两小时的延误

牛津词典

There's no time for delay.

没有时间了,不能拖延了。

牛津词典

Report it to the police without delay (= immediately) .

赶快将此事报告警方。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

Don't delay─call us today!

别拖延——今天就给我们打电话!

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

We apologize for the delay in answering your letter.

来信收悉,迟复为歉。

牛津词典

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.

期刊摘选

His delay made the teacher angry.

他的迟到使老师生气了.

《简明英汉词典》

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.

《简明英汉词典》

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.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

We surmised that the delay was caused by some accident.

我们推测迟延是由某种事故所致.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Don't delay any more.

不要再拖了.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

It is getting late, don't delay.

时间已晚, 不要耽搁了.

《简明英汉词典》

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.

《简明英汉词典》

真题例句

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.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

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.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

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.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

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

出自-2013年6月听力原文

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

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

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.

2015年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

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

2019年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

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

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

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.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

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

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

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.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

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

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Q:What has caused the delay of the shipment?

出自-2013年12月听力原文

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

出自-2013年6月听力原文

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

出自-2013年6月听力原文

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

出自-2011年6月听力原文

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.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

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

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

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

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

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

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

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.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

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

2015年高考英语福建卷 单项填空 原文

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.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 题设

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

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 题设

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

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

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

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 题设

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.

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

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.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

Without delay, I called to thank her.

2019年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

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

出自-2015年考研翻译原文

英英释义

Noun
  • 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

Verb
  • 1. cause to be slowed down or delayed;

    "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"

    "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"

  • 2. act later than planned, scheduled, or required;

    "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"

  • 3. stop or halt;

    "Please stay the bloodshed!"

  • 4. slow the growth or development of;

    "The brain damage will retard the child's language development"

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。

反义词

vt. & vi.延缓;拖延;耽搁

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