英汉词典

delay 基本解释

• vi. 延期；耽搁
• vt. 延期；耽搁
• n. 延期；耽搁；被耽搁或推迟的时间
• n. (Delay)人名；(英)迪莱；(法)德莱

delay 词态变化

delay 中文词源

来自法语delaie, 来自de-, 向下，离开，-laie, 留下，停留，词源同lax, 拼写受lay影响俗化，引申义延迟。

delay 英文词源

delay

delay: [13] English acquired delay from Old French delaier, a compound verb formed from the prefix de- ‘off’ and laier ‘leave’. This verb, which also crops up in English relay, appears to have been a variant of laissier (source of English lease), which came from Latin laxāre ‘slacken, undo’. This in turn was derived from the adjective laxus ‘loose’.
=> lax, lease, relay

delay (v.)

c. 1300, from Old French delaiier, from de- "away, from" (see de-) + laier "leave, let," probably a variant of Old French laissier, from Latin laxare "slacken, undo" (see lax). Related: Delayed; delaying.

delay (n.)

mid-13c., from Old French delaie, from delaiier (see delay (v.)).

delay 英文释义

1. time during which some action is awaited;

"instant replay caused too long a delay"

"he ordered a hold in the action"

2. the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

delay 同义词解析

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

这些动词或短语动词均有"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。

delay 双语例句

1. How much delay should we build into the plan?

我们应该为这个计划预留多少富余的时间？

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2. The time delay would be smaller by eight orders of magnitude.

如果按8个数量级来看，延时量会显得小一些。

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3. He hates delay and procrastination in all its forms.

他讨厌任何形式的拖延和耽搁。

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4. A host of problems may delay the opening of the Channel Tunnel.

可能推迟英吉利海峡隧道开通的问题一大筐。

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5. The laws led to confusion, muddle and years of delay.

这些法律导致了困惑、混乱和数年的耽搁。

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delay 实用场景例句

a delay of two hours/a two-hour delay

两小时的延误

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There's no time for delay.

没有时间了，不能拖延了。

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Report it to the police without delay (= immediately) .

赶快将此事报告警方。

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The judge will delay his verdict until he receives medical reports on the offender.

法官将推迟判决，直到收到有关违法者的医疗报告。

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She's suffering a delayed reaction (= a reaction that did not happen immediately) to the shock.

她正在承受着冲击所带来的滞后反应。

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He delayed telling her the news, waiting for the right moment.

他没有马上把消息告诉她，等有了适当的时机再说。

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Don't delay─call us today!

别拖延——今天就给我们打电话！

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Thousands of commuters were delayed for over an hour.

数千名乘车上下班的人被耽搁了一个多小时。

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The government is accused of using delaying tactics (= deliberately doing sth to delay a process, decision, etc.) .

政府被指责故意采取拖延战术。

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Commuters will face long delays on the roads today.

路远乘车上下班的人今天要在路上耽误很多时间了。

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We apologize for the delay in answering your letter.

来信收悉，迟复为歉。

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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。

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Can you delay him in some way?...

你能想办法拖住他一会儿吗？

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Various setbacks and problems delayed production...

各种各样的挫折和问题耽搁了生产进度。

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If he delayed any longer, the sun would be up.

如果他再拖延，太阳就要出来了。

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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。

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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。

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There is no time left for delay...

已经没有时间再耽误了。

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We'll send you a quote without delay.

我们会立刻送一份报价给你。

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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。

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Application: mainly use to shave rust and oil paint.

用途: 主要用来刮除铁锈和墙漆.

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His delay made the teacher angry.

他的迟到使老师生气了.

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The assembly voted to delay the legislation to allow further consultation to take place.

议会投票决定暂缓立法以便进一步磋商.

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They were granted a delay of 48 hours to gather more evidence.

准许他们迟延48小时,以收集更多的证据.

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We surmised that the delay was caused by some accident.

我们推测迟延是由某种事故所致.

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Don't delay any more.

不要再拖了.

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It is getting late, don't delay.

时间已晚, 不要耽搁了.

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After a long delay, he got around to writing the letter.

耽搁了很久以后, 他找到时间写这封信.

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