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

• They tend to have children later, postponing the responsibilities of parenthood.
  因为她们生孩子的时间相对较晚，推迟了她们承担为人父母责任的时间。
• In both cases organisers say they are postponing to next year.
  在这两种情况中，组织者都表示，他们将延迟至明年举行。
• 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。
• In order to ensure that George is ready, we are thinking of postponing.
  为了让乔治能准备好，我们打算把比赛。
• People are postponing their decision to buy a car, and this has an immediate effect on order intake.
  人们正推迟买车决定，这会立刻影响收到的订单数量。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But she said some women are canceling or postponing their trips because of economic concerns.
  但是她说由于经济担忧有些女性在取消或延期旅程。
• Orders to our export oriented customers have reduced, and companies are postponing their investment plans.
  我们的出口型客户的订单减少了，很多公司推迟了投资计划。