defer

vi. 推迟；延期；服从

vt. 使推迟；使延期

n. (Defer)人名；(法)德费

vt.

使推迟；使延期；拖延，推迟；[军]使延期入伍

vi.

服从；延期；推迟；

变形

过去式：deferred过去分词：deferred现在分词：deferring第三人称单数：defers

双语释义

vt. 推迟 delay sth until a later time

英英释义

defer[ di'fə: ]

v.

hold back to a later time

同义词：postponeproroguehold overput overtableshelveset backremitput off

submit or yield to another's wish or opinion

同义词：submitbowaccedegive in

同近义词辨析

这组词都有“推延，延期”的意思，其区别是：

suspend指暂时中断以待某种条件的实现。

defer正式用词，语气强于postpone，多指故意拖延。

postpone正式用词，语气较强，多指有安排的延期，常指明延期到一定的时间。

prolong指把时间延长至超过正常或通常的限度。

delay普通用词，多指因外界原因推迟或耽误，也可指有意推迟。

put off口语用词，与postpone同义，但较通俗。

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

They cannot defer their departure any longer.
他们再不能推迟动身了。

We wish to defer our decision until next week.
我们希望推迟到下星期再作出决定。

I will defer going till I have more money.
我要延期到我有更多钱时才去。

The company agree to defer payment for three month.
公司同意延期三个月后付款。

用作动词(v.)

We should defer to our parents' wishes.
我们应当顺从父母的意愿。

They all defer to him in these matters.
在这类事情上他们都听从他的意见。

You could defer the matter to your colleague.
你可把这件事委托给同事去办。

权威例句

defer

defer: English has two distinct verbs defer. The one meaning ‘delay’ [14] is ultimately the same words as differ. It comes via Old French differer from Latin differre ‘carry apart, delay’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dis- ‘apart’ and ferre ‘carry’ (related to English bear). The Latin verb’s past participle, dīlātus, is the source of English dilatory [15]. Defer ‘submit’ [15] comes via Old French deferer from Latin dēferre ‘carry away’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘away’ and ferre.The notion of submission seems to have arisen from an earlier application to referring, or ‘carrying’, a matter to someone else.=> bear, dilatory

defer (v.1)

"to delay," late 14c., differren, deferren, from Old French differer (14c.), from Latin differre "carry apart, scatter, disperse;" also "be different, differ;" also "defer, put off, postpone," (see differ). Etymologically identical with differ; the spelling and pronunciation differentiated from 15c., perhaps partly by association of this word with delay.

defer (v.2)

"yield," mid-15c., from Middle French déférer (14c.) "to yield, comply," from Latin deferre "carry away, transfer, grant," from de- "down, away" (see de-) + ferre "carry" (see infer). Main modern sense is from meaning "refer (a matter) to someone," which also was in Latin.

1. She learnt that he had actually written home to defer his return.

她听说他写信给家里，居然要推迟他的归期。

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2. It was out of date for Youth to defer to Age.

要青年对老年恭顺，现在是过时了。

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3. You could defer the matter to your colleague.

你可把这件事委托给同事去办。

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4. Calcium apparently acts in a similar manner as some of the hormones that defer senescence.

钙这种明显的作用同某些激素能够延缓衰老的作用方式相似。

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5. We defer questions of this kind to him.

我们把这类问题交给他决定。

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6. On technical matters, I defer to the experts.

在技术问题上, 我遵从专家的意见.

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7. She has made up her mind to defer her departure for two days.

她决定将行程推迟两天。

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8. Do you always defer to your parents wishes ?

你总是顺从父母的意志吗？

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9. Under the circumstances, we have to defer discussing this subject.

在目前情况下，我们不得不推迟讨论这个问题。

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10. I defer to my parents because they are older and wiser.

我听从父母,因为他们年长见多识广。

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