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

• There's no point in postponing the project.
  推迟这个项目是没有意义的。
• 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。
• 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。
• There is no question of postponing this task until to-morrow.
  这工作不能留到明天去做。
• A: Do you favor the idea of postponing the meeting?
  你觉得把会议推迟好吗？
• Be familiar with the frequently-used acupoints for postponing senility.
  熟悉延缓衰老的常用取穴。
• But you kept postponing your coming.
  可你一直在推迟你的来访。
• This is an excuse for postponing and resisting reunification, as well as a scheme to deceive compatriots in Taiwan and world opinion.
  这是拖延和抗拒统一的借口，是欺骗台湾同胞和国际舆论的伎俩。
• 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。
• In order to ensure that George is ready, we are thinking of postponing.
  为了让乔治能准备好，我们打算把比赛。