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

• It rained and therefore the football match was postponed.
  天下雨，足球赛因此而延期了。
• We reminded them that the meeting had been postponed.
  我们提醒他们会议已经延期。
• The flight was postponed on account of bad weather.
  因为天气恶劣，飞行延期了。
• The opening of the exhibition has been postponed.
  展览会开幕的日期延迟了。
• The soccer match had to be postponed because of heavy rain.
  足球赛因大雨改期了。
• Tomorrow's meeting has been postponed.
  明天的会议延期了。
• The ball game was postponed because of rain.
  球赛因雨推迟了。
• The meeting is postponed till further notice.
  会议改期，时间另行通知。
• The meeting has been postponed several times.
  会议几经推宕。
• 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。