v.(动词)

1. 迁延
2. 听从
3. 推迟
4. 延期
5. 顺从
6. 使缓期服役
7. 因循
8. 把…委托给
9. 服从
10. 展缓
11. 扣存
12. 把（某事）交由（某人）决定
13. 【军】使延期入伍
14. 遵从
15. 拖延
16. 延缓
17. 服从某人的意愿
18. 迟延
19. 使推迟
20. 使延期
21. 缓召
22. 耽搁
23. 延误

v.(动词)

1. vt. 推迟 delay sth until a later time

Verb:

1. hold back to a later time;

   "let's postpone the exam"
   

2. yield to another's wish or opinion;

   "The government bowed to the military pressure"
   

1.推迟;拖延;延缓
If youdefer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time.

e.g. Customers oftendefer payment for as long as possible...
顾客常常会尽可能地拖延付款。
e.g. I'm not going todefer decisions just because they are not immediately politically popular.
我不会因为它们没有即刻在政治上受到欢迎就推迟作出这些决定。

2.遵从;听从;顺从
If youdefer to someone, you accept their opinion or do what they want you to do, even when you do not agree with it yourself, because you respect them or their authority.

e.g. Doctors are encouraged todefer to experts.
鼓励医生听从专家的意见。

1. 延期：消极活动损失唯能冲销消极活动所得,消极活动损失无权冲销非消极活动的所得如薪资,亦不能冲销业务经营的营利所得(Business Income),当年度不能冲销的消极活动损失,应可逐年延期(defer)到以后年度扣税,每年消极活动损失的扣除金额,

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2. 推迟：他对投资公司作了报告(report),提到(mention)自己的经历,希望他们能冒险(risk)投资,拍摄他在被朝鲜的回忆(recall),投资公司非常懂、理解(understand),他们说要快,防止、避免(prevent)推迟(defer)和延期(delay),

3. 拖延：四、处理来信,用4D法来分类,你要删除(Delete)、执行(Do)、委任他人(Delegate)或是拖延(defer). 删除信件,不用客气,根据微软统计,每100封你收的信中,有50%是可以被删掉的,30%可以被委任,或是该在2分钟内被处理掉的.

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4. 延迟：用户可以将约束检查(checking constraint for validity)延迟(defer)至事务结束时进行. 如果 Oracle 在事务提交(commit)时才对约束执行检查,则称此约束是延迟的(deferred). 如果数据违反了延迟约束,提交操作将导致事务被回滚(undo).

We will defer to whatever the committee decides.

我们遵从委员会作出的任何决定。

She had applied for deferred admission to college.

她已申请延期入学。

The department deferred the decision for six months.

这个部门推迟了六个月才作决定。

Doctors are encouraged to defer to experts.

鼓励医生听从专家的意见。

I'm not going to defer decisions just because they are not immediately politically popular.

我不会因为它们没有即刻在政治上受到欢迎就推迟作出这些决定。

Customers often defer payment for as long as possible...

顾客常常会尽可能地拖延付款。

We will defer to whatever the committee decides.

我们遵从委员会作出的任何决定.

The company agreed to defer payment for three months.

公司同意延期三个月后付款.

When It comes to breaking and entering , I defer to Kapowski.

当他们休息进来的时候, 我听从卡波司基的.

In the review stage, I defer to such mentality to carry on.

在复习阶段, 我就是按照这样的思路进行的.

What reason can bring about menstruation to defer?

有什么原因能导致月经推迟?

I shall defer replying till I hear from home.

我将等接到家信以后再给你答复.

I'll defer the matter to my brother.

我会把这件事委托给我的哥哥.

I will defer going till I have more money.

我要延期到我有更多钱时才去.

If they defer spending, they believe they will get more for their money.

如果他们推后再消费, 用同样多的钱就能够买到更多的东西.

In the future, I will defer to Game's schedule and coach's suggestion change training plan.

将来, 我会按照残奥会的赛程和教练的建议改变训练方案.

Queue to defer the eject until files and windows are closed.

关闭文件和窗口之前,将卷排入队列以推迟弹出.

Please defer to the work of author, No allow distribute and change!

请尊重作者的劳动, 不要随意散播、改动软件!

New teachers soon learn to defer to more experienced professors.

新老师很快学会尊重有较多经验的教授.

Let's defer the decision for a few weeks.

咱们延缓几个礼拜再做决定吧.

This remediation activity could potentially defer landfill closure costs indefinitely.

此补救措施可能会延缓垃圾掩埋无法确定的关闭成本.

Would you defer to an authority figure?

你会顺从权威人物 吗 ?

They defer to the experts on the front line.

他们遵从于一线专家.

We should defer to our parents'wishes.

我们应当顺从父母的意愿.

On technical matters, I defer to the experts.

在技术问题上, 我遵从专家的意见.

The article discussed the matter of CCM technology and project plan defer.

本文论述了CCM技术以及项目进度延迟的原因.

Both federal and state courts must defer to arbitration if the contract in dispute binding clause.

如果契约约定纠纷用仲裁解决且仲裁条约具有约束力,那么美国联邦政府的法院和州的法院都必须遵从仲裁.

We all defer to him in these matters.

在这类事情上我们都听他的.

We wish to defer our decision until next week.

我们希望推迟到下星期再作出决定.

They cannot defer their departure any longer.

他们再不能推迟动身了.

用作及物动词S+ ～+n./pron.

1. The department deferred the decision for six months.
   这个部门推迟了六个月才作决定。
2. We wish to defer our decision until next week.
   我们希望推迟到下星期再作出决定。
3. They discussed but deferred the decision.
   他们进行了讨论，但迟迟未做决定。
4. Let's defer the decision for a few weeks.
   咱们延缓几个礼拜再做决定吧。
5. They cannot defer their departure any longer.
   他们再不能推迟动身了。
6. The ship deferred its sailing because of bad weather.
   由于天气不好船推迟了起航时间。
7. My bank has agreed to defer the repayments on my loan while I'm still a student.
   银行同意在我在校就读期间推迟我的偿还贷款期限。
8. The judge deferred sentence pending further medical reports on the defendant.
   法官决定推迟判决直至得到被告的健康检查报告。
9. Please defer shipment until you receive our further instructions.
   在我方另行通知以前请暂停装运。
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10. As no one could agree, the decision was deferred.
    由于大家都不同意，所以迟迟未能作出决定。
11. Examinations were deferred because so many children were sick.
    考试延期了，因为许多孩子都病了。
12. His military service was deferred.
    他被允许延期服役。

S+～+ v -ing

1. Can we defer making a decision until next week.
   我们能推迟到下周再作决定吗？
2. The judge deferred sentencing the convicted man.
   法官推迟对该囚犯的判决。
3. I shall defer replying till I hear from him.
   我将等接到他的信息后再行答复。

其他

1. She had applied for deferred admission to college.
   她已申请延期入学。

defer to (v.+prep.)

把…委托给… entrust sth to sb
defer to sb/sth

We all defer to him in these matters.

在这类事情上我们都听他的。

Youth is expected to defer to old age.

一般来说年轻人应该顺从老年人。

They deferred to the old man's advice.

他们听从了老人的建议。

They wouldn't defer to my opinion.

他们不肯听从我的意见。

I defer to your greater knowledge of the matter.

在这件事上，我尊重你更丰富的知识。

I defer to your greater knowledge and experience in such things.

你对这类事情懂得更多，经验更丰富，我听从你的意见。

They had deferred to the great English house on every possible occasion.

他们对那家英格兰商行总是尽可能唯命是从。

defer to wh-clause

We will defer to whatever the committee decides.

我们遵从委员会作出的任何决定。

defer sth to sb

We defer matters of this kind to him.

我们把这类事情交由他处理。

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• Hope deferred maketh the heart sicke.

  出自：Bible (AV): Proverbs

• Neither did he long defer to put those Jews to death.

  出自：J. Ussher

• Her first proposal would have to be deferred to a more propitious time.

  出自：J. London

• He made up his mind to defer the more exacting examinations until another time.

  出自：A. J. Cronin

• Everybody must defer She, and she alone, must decide.

  出自：V. Sackville

• He deferred to his brother's opinion.

  出自：S. Bellow

v.(动词)

1. defer的基本意思是指使行动、活动或进程推迟到较晚时间，一般强调有意的推迟。defer还可指在完成或实现某事的过程中，由于出现超出控制能力之外的情况而推迟。
2. defer to sb/sth的意思是“听从，服从，遵从”，指出于对某人的尊重而服从其决定或想法。

v.(动词)

defer,postpone

这两个词的共同意思是“推迟”，其区别是：

1.defer可指有意推迟，也可指因不可抗力而推迟；而postpone一般指有意推迟。

2.postpone常用于拖延到某一确切的时间；而defer则更常用于不确定的时间。

delay，postpone，defer，suspend，prolong，put off

这些动词或短语均有“推延，延期”之意。

delay普通用词，多指因外界原因推迟或耽误，也可指有意推迟。

postpone正式用词，语气较强，多指有安排的延期，常指明延期到一定的时间。

defer正式用词，语气强于postpone，多指故意拖延。

suspend指暂时中断以待某种条件的实现。

prolong指把时间延长至超过正常或通常的限度。

put off口语用词，与postpone同义，但较通俗。