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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• There's no point in postponing the project.
  推迟这个项目是没有意义的。
• I often find myself postponing and delaying certain activities just because I am afraid of the result.
  我发现我经常会延迟具体的某些活动，之所以会这样是因为我害怕随之而产生的结果。
• A: Do you favor the idea of postponing the meeting?
  你觉得把会议推迟好吗？
• Yet while a pre-emptive restructuring could limit this damage, postponing will only make it worse.
  然而，先发制人式的债务重组可能减少这种损害，而拖延只会让情况变得更糟。
• But growth is not a good excuse for postponing much-needed structural adjustment.
  但增长并非推迟急需进行的结构性调整的借口。
• 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。
• The paper analyzes the necessity and feasibility of postponing the statutory retirement age comprehensively, and gives some advice on it.
  文章全面分析了延迟法定退休年龄的必要性和可行性，并提出了延迟法定退休年龄的政策建议。