delay的意思和读音

delay

: [dɪˈleɪ] : [dɪ'leɪ]

v.使

n.

delays  delaying  delayed  

adj.+n.long delay,slight delay,unexpected delay

v.+n.avoid delay,experience delay,cause delay,delay recovery,delay project

v.bring forward,hurry up,speed up

n.postponement,interruption,stay,suspension,adjournment

v.postpone,put off,procrastinate,hesitate,slow down

delayn.

1.[c]a period of time when sb/sth has to wait because of a problem that makes sth slow or late

Commuters will face long delays on the roads today.

We apologize for the delay in answering your letter.

a delay of two hours/a two-hour delay

2.[c][u]a situation in which sth does not happen when it should; the act of delaying

There's no time for delay.

Report it to the police without delay(= immediately) .

v.

1.[i][t]to not do sth until a later time or to make sth happen at a later time

Don't delay─call us today!

The judge will delay his verdict until he receives medical reports on the offender.

She's suffering a delayed reaction(= a reaction that did not happen immediately) to the shock.

He delayed telling her the news, waiting for the right moment.

2.[t]~ sb使使使to make sb late or force them to do sth more slowly

Thousands of commuters were delayed for over an hour.

The government is accused of using delaying tactics(= deliberately doing sth to delay a process, decision, etc.) .

v.1.,,2.,,

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v.1.to do something later than is planned or expected2.to make someone or something late or slow them down3.to deliberately take a long time to do something

n.1.a situation in which something happens later or more slowly than you expected; a situation in which a plane, train, etc. leaves or arrives late2.failure to do something quickly3.the time between an event and its result or between one event and the next

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1.5b. The goods were promised to be delivered with in a week, and we have been put to considerable in convenience through the long delay.便

2."If it was an eight- or nine-week delay there would be a problem [with getting some toys on shelves in time for Christmas]. ",“89。”

3.Representative: Captain, our ship-owner instructed me to check a few details with you on this delay.

4.Even very short periods of time add up to all useful hours I need, if I plunge in without delay.

5.We feel that some advice of this long delay should have been given, and we await early explanation on this point.

6.Do not be discouraged by set backs and delay tactics used by the dark hats, as their days in power are numbered at this late stage.

7.Xu said there had been a small delay in paying taxes, but they had paid the full amount and yet the heaviest fine was levied.

8.She had understood that the cost of democracy is the price the poor pay in the delay of their entry into the middle class.

9.Two years later, when the shoe was on the other foot, Gingrich and DeLay would not be so charitable.

10.Write down your executive search consultant's number and the company's number in case you have to ask for a delay.