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VERB
使延期;使延遲;推遲
If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
例句
For sentimental reasons I wanted to delay my departure until June...
因為感情方面的原因，我想把離開的日期延遲至6月。
They had delayed having children, for the usual reason, to establish their careers...
為了那個通常的原因——創立自己的事業，他們推遲了要孩子。
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VERB
使延誤;使耽擱
To delay someone or something means to make them late or to slow them down.
例句
Can you delay him in some way?...
你能想辦法拖住他一會兒嗎？
Various setbacks and problems delayed production...
各種各樣的挫折和問題耽擱了生產進度。
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VERB
（故意）拖延，磨蹭
If you delay, you deliberately take longer than necessary to do something.
例句
If he delayed any longer, the sun would be up.
如果他再拖延，太陽就要出來了。
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N-VAR
延期;延遲;推遲
If there is a delay, something does not happen until later than planned or expected.
例句
They claimed that such a delay wouldn't hurt anyone...
他們聲稱這樣的延期對誰都不會造成損害。
Although the tests have caused some delay, flights should be back to normal this morning.
雖然檢測造成了一定的延遲，不過今天早上航班就應該能恢復正常了。
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N-UNCOUNT
延誤;耽擱
Delay is a failure to do something immediately or in the required or usual time.
例句
There is no time left for delay...
已經沒有時間再耽誤了。
We'll send you a quote without delay.
我們會立刻送一份報價給你。