delays

英 [dɪˈleɪz]

美 [dɪˈleɪz]

v.  延迟; 延期; 推迟; 使迟到; 使耽搁; 使拖延
delay的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使延期;使延迟;推迟
  If youdelaydoing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
  1. For sentimental reasons I wanted to delay my departure until June...
     因为感情方面的原因，我想把离开的日期延迟至6月。
  2. They had delayed having children, for the usual reason, to establish their careers...
     为了那个通常的原因——创立自己的事业，他们推迟了要孩子。
  3. So don't delay, write in now for your chance of a free gift.
     所以不要再等了，现在就给我们写信，您将有机会得到一份免费礼物。
• VERB 使延误;使耽搁
  Todelaysomeone or something means to make them late or to slow them down.
  1. Can you delay him in some way?...
     你能想办法拖住他一会儿吗？
  2. Various setbacks and problems delayed production...
     各种各样的挫折和问题耽搁了生产进度。
  3. The passengers were delayed for an hour.
     乘客被延误了一个小时。
• VERB （故意）拖延，磨蹭
  If youdelay, you deliberately take longer than necessary to do something.
  1. If he delayed any longer, the sun would be up.
     如果他再拖延，太阳就要出来了。
• N-VAR 延期;延迟;推迟
  If there is adelay, something does not happen until later than planned or expected.
  1. They claimed that such a delay wouldn't hurt anyone...
     他们声称这样的延期对谁都不会造成损害。
  2. Although the tests have caused some delay, flights should be back to normal this morning.
     虽然检测造成了一定的延迟，不过今天早上航班就应该能恢复正常了。
• N-UNCOUNT 延误;耽搁
  Delayis a failure to do something immediately or in the required or usual time.
  1. There is no time left for delay...
     已经没有时间再耽误了。
  2. We'll send you a quote without delay.
     我们会立刻送一份报价给你。

双语例句

• Many holidaymakers had avoided the worst of the delays by consulting tourist offices
  许多度假者通过咨询旅游局避免了那些最严重的延误情况。
• If something or someone delays us, we see it as a threat to our precious, finite time.
  如果有东西或某人延误了我们，我们认为它对我们宝贵的、有限的时间构成了威胁。
• He has criticised the government for inefficiency and delays in correcting past mistakes.
  他批评政府在纠正过去的错误问题上效率低下，并且拖拖拉拉。
• This strategy creates bottlenecks and delays.
  这个策略产生了瓶颈和延迟。
• Backlogging your changes until you have time to update them causes confusion and time delays.
  不进行改变，而是积压需要改变的地方直到你有时间去更新你的设计会导致混乱和时间延迟。
• Sometimes visibility drops to less than 1 kilometer, causing serious traffic jams, flight delays and highway closures.
  有时，能见度下降到1千米以下，引发了严重的交通阻塞，航班延误和公路关闭。
• Things were working well, when we were brought up against unexpected delays.
  事情本来进行得很顺利，不料我们遇到了耽搁。
• These costs and shortages are now causing delays to new projects.
  这些成本和短缺目前正在延误新项目的建设和投产。
• After several delays, he finally set out at8 o'clock.
  几经耽搁，他终于在八点钟出发了。
• Such bureaucratic considerations have inevitably caused delays.
  这种官僚思维，不可避免地导致了拖延。