defer
vi. 推迟, 延期, 听从 vt. 使推迟, 使延期
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释义与例句
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1.
To delay or postpone.
及物We're going to defer the decision until we have all the facts.
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2.
To delay or postpone.
to postpone induction into military service.
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3.
After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).
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4.
To delay, to wait.
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1.
To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.
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2.
To render, to offer.
词汇关系
词源
Originally a variant of (and hence a doublet of) differ; from Middle English differren (“to postpone”), from Old French differer, from Latin differō. Doublet of differ and dilate. See also infer, collate and confer, delate and defer, relate and refer as well as prelate and prefer among others.
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