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

• But you kept postponing your coming.
  可你一直在推迟你的来访。
• They tend to have children later, postponing the responsibilities of parenthood.
  因为她们生孩子的时间相对较晚，推迟了她们承担为人父母责任的时间。
• Now, a higher proportion of those without four-year degrees are postponing marriage.
  但现在，没有读过四年大学的人群推迟结婚的情况更普遍。
• 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。
• A: Do you favor the idea of postponing the meeting?
  你觉得把会议推迟好吗？
• 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。
• I don't hold with the idea of postponing further discussion of the matter.
  我不赞成推迟进一步讨论这件事的想法。
• If we wait until Pemex alone has a greater capacity [ to extract oil and gas], I think we would be postponing what today represents a great opportunity for growth and greater development, he said.
  如果我们要等到Pemex具有（采掘油气的）更大能力，我认为我们将延误当今一个极好的增长和扩大发展的良机，他表示。
• 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。
• 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。