postpone
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tg]
~ sth (to sth) arrange sth at a later time; defer sth 使某事物延期; 推迟某事物
The match was postponed to the following Saturday because of bad weather. 比赛因天气不好而延期到下星期六进行.
Let's postpone making adecision until we have more information. 咱们在获取更多情报之後再做决定不迟. Cf 参看 advance 6, cancel 1.
2 (idm 习语) postpone the evil `hour/`day put off until a later time an unpleasant task, etc, that one will eventually have to do 缓做一终须做的厌恶事.
I didn't have any supper, except a piece of bread, because I didn't feel very well.
晚餐我只吃了一片面包,别的什么也没吃,因为我觉得不舒服。
My dear friend, Mathilde. Let me tell you something. That necklace you borrowed from me wasn't a real diamond necklace. It wasn't valuable at all. The stones in the necklace were made of glass. It was worth five hundred francs at the most.