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postponed 音标拼音: [postp'ond] [posp'ond] v. 延期,缓办
vbl. 延期,缓办 延期,缓办延期,缓办 Postpone \ Post* pone"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Postponed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Postponing}.] [ L. postponere, postpositum; post after ponere to place, put. See { Post-}, and { Position}.] 1. To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely. [ 1913 Webster] His praise postponed, and never to be paid. -- Cowper. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance. [ 1913 Webster] All other considerations should give way and be postponed to this. -- Locke. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To adjourn; defer; delay; procrastinate. [ 1913 Webster]
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