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

• 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。
• 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。
• They consummated their passion only after many hesitations and delays.
  他们几经踌躇和拖延后才尽情宣泄了激情。
• We were not able to meet the deadline because of manufacturing delays
  因为制造方面的延误，我们没能赶上最后期限。
• 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。
• A three-species ratio-dependent predator-prey model with time delays is investigated, conditions are given for persistence of the system.
  研究了一类具有时滞的基于比率型三种群捕食者-食饵系统，给出了系统持续生存的条件。
• Diplomats believe that bureaucratic delays are inevitable
  外交官们认为繁文缛节造成的延迟是在所难免的。
• Projects still often experience delays and budget overruns.
  项目仍然经常出现延误、延误和预算超支。
• The chair of the committee did not appear chagrined by the compromises and delays.
  委员会主席对于这些妥协和拖延似乎并不显得懊恼。
• Tolerances, offsets, and delays in the driver introduce an error that remains relatively fixed.
  驱动中的容差、偏移和延迟导致了一个相对固定的误差。