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

• It said their retirement dreams are being crushed with most postponing their retirement date by around five years.
  他们的退休梦想破灭了，大多数人都将他们的退休年龄推迟了五年左右。
• But she said some women are canceling or postponing their trips because of economic concerns.
  但是她说由于经济担忧有些女性在取消或延期旅程。
• There's no point in postponing the project.
  推迟这个项目是没有意义的。
• Postponing retirement may compound the frictional unemployment that technology threatens.
  推迟退休可能加重科技造成的摩擦性失业。
• Companies are postponing courses, he says, taking longer to make decisions and taking longer to pay.
  他表示公司现在需要更长时间才能做出决定，也需要更长时间才能付款，这导致课程被推迟。
• A: Do you favor the idea of postponing the meeting?
  你觉得把会议推迟好吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Orders to our export oriented customers have reduced, and companies are postponing their investment plans.
  我们的出口型客户的订单减少了，很多公司推迟了投资计划。