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

• The meeting has finally been held, after being postponed several times.
  会议一再延期，现在总算开成了。
• The meeting has been postponed for some reason.
  会议因故延期。
• The trial was postponed indefinitely.
  审讯无限期延迟。
• The flight was postponed on account of bad weather.
  因为天气恶劣，飞行延期了。
• The meeting will be postponed for a few days.
  会议要推迟几天。
• We reminded them that the meeting had been postponed.
  我们提醒他们会议已经延期。
• I'm afraid the meeting will be postponed.
  会议怕要延期了。
• It rained and therefore the football match was postponed.
  天下雨，足球赛因此而延期了。
• The soccer match had to be postponed because of heavy rain.
  足球赛因大雨改期了。
• 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。