postponing

英 [pəˈspəʊnɪŋ]

美 [poʊˈspoʊnɪŋ]

v.  延迟; 延期; 展缓
postpone的现在分词

现在分词：postponing　

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

• It took a bit of practice to get this to work but I have gotten pretty good at postponing thinking in this way.
  我做了一些锻炼使它得以工作但是我变得相当擅长于用这种方法推迟思考。
• People are postponing their decision to buy a car, and this has an immediate effect on order intake.
  人们正推迟买车决定，这会立刻影响收到的订单数量。
• In order to ensure that George is ready, we are thinking of postponing.
  为了让乔治能准备好，我们打算把比赛。
• But he kept making excuses for postponing the surrender.
  但是他制造各种借口来推延此次包围。
• A: Do you favor the idea of postponing the meeting?
  你觉得把会议推迟好吗？
• But she said some women are canceling or postponing their trips because of economic concerns.
  但是她说由于经济担忧有些女性在取消或延期旅程。
• Their findings are alarming because women are increasingly postponing having children until they have established a career.
  他们的研究结果令人恐慌，因为现在的妇女越来越推后生育，直到她们有了自己的事业。
• It said their retirement dreams are being crushed with most postponing their retirement date by around five years.
  他们的退休梦想破灭了，大多数人都将他们的退休年龄推迟了五年左右。
• I often find myself postponing and delaying certain activities just because I am afraid of the result.
  我发现我经常会延迟具体的某些活动，之所以会这样是因为我害怕随之而产生的结果。
• Just heard your doctor say we're postponing your operation.
  医生说你的手术要推迟。