| 释义 |
delay /di'lei; di'ie/ vt, vi 1 [VP6A, 2A, B] make or be slow or late: 延迟; 延缓：~. 不要拖延。 The train was ~ed (for) two hours. 火车遅延两小时。 I was ~ed by the traffic. 我因交通拥挤而迟到。 ~ ed-action adj, n operating after a lapse of time: 经过一段时期后始起作用 (的)： a ed-action bomb, with a device causing it to explode after a pre-determined interval. 定时炸弹。 2 [VP6A, C] put off until later: 延期; 展期： We must ~ our journey until the weather improves. 我们必须延缓旅行, 等天气好转后再说。 Why have they ~ed opening the new school? 他们为什么迟迟不让那新学校开学? n 1 [U] ~ing or being ~ed: 迟延; 延后; 延期： We must leave without ~. 我们必须立刻离开。 2 [C] instance of this; time of being ~ed: 迟延的事; 就误; 遅延的时间： after several ~s; 经过数次展期以后; after a ~ of three hours. 经过三小时的就误以后。 |