| 釋義 |
delay /di'lei; di'ie/ vt, vi 1 [VP6A, 2A, B] make or be slow or late: 延遲; 延緩：~. 不要拖延。 The train was ~ed (for) two hours. 火車遅延兩小時(shí)。 I was ~ed by the traffic. 我因交通擁擠而遲到。 ~ ed-action adj, n operating after a lapse of time: 經(jīng)過一段時(shí)期后始起作用 (的)： a ed-action bomb, with a device causing it to explode after a pre-determined interval. 定時(shí)炸彈。 2 [VP6A, C] put off until later: 延期; 展期： We must ~ our journey until the weather improves. 我們必須延緩旅行, 等天氣好轉(zhuǎn)后再說。 Why have they ~ed opening the new school? 他們?yōu)槭裁催t遲不讓那新學(xué)校開學(xué)? n 1 [U] ~ing or being ~ed: 遲延; 延后; 延期： We must leave without ~. 我們必須立刻離開。 2 [C] instance of this; time of being ~ed: 遲延的事; 就誤; 遅延的時(shí)間： after several ~s; 經(jīng)過數(shù)次展期以后; after a ~ of three hours. 經(jīng)過三小時(shí)的就誤以后。 |