defer

US [dɪˈfɜr]
UK [dɪˈfɜː(r)]
  • v.推迟；延缓；展期
  • Web延期；拖延；延迟
Past Tense：deferred  Simple Present：defers  Present Participle：deferring  

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Defer
v.
1.
~ (doing) sth
推迟；延缓；展期to delay sth until a later time
The department deferred the decision for six months.
这个部门推迟了六个月才作决定。
She had applied for deferred admission to college.
她已申请延期入学。

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1.
You could defer the matter to your colleague.
你可把这件事委托给同事去办。
nǐ kě bǎ zhè jiàn shì wěi tuō gěi tóng shì qù bàn 。
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2.
Don't attempt to understand it, or reason with it, or defer it, or deny it entry to your heart with excuse molded from doubt or insecurity.
不要试图去理解爱情，或者给它讲道理，或者将它拖延。或者以基于疑虑或不安全感的借口来拒绝它进入你的内心。
bú yào shì tú qù lǐ jiě ài qíng , huò zhě gěi tā jiǎng dào lǐ , huò zhě jiāng tā tuō yán 。 huò zhě yǐ jī yú yí lǜ huò bù ān quán gǎn de jiè kǒu lái jù jué tā jìn rù nǐ de nèi xīn 。
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Expressing anger may be difficult if you were taught to soothe over conflicts or to defer to other's feelings.
如果你从小就被教导要化解冲突或是屈从别人的情感，表达出来愤怒或许会有困难。
rú guǒ nǐ cóng xiǎo jiù bèi jiào dǎo yào huà jiě chōng tū huò shì qū cóng bié rén de qíng gǎn , biǎo dá chū lái fèn nù huò xǔ huì yǒu kùn nan 。
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4.
The ideal solution is often for your plug-in to defer its initialization until the user requests a specific action of your product.
理想的解决方法通常是，让您的插件延迟它的初始化，直到用户请求您的产品的某个特定的动作时再初始化。
lǐ xiǎng de jiě jué fāng fǎ tōng cháng shì , ràng nín de chā jiàn yán chí tā de chū shǐ huà , zhí dào yòng hù qǐng qiú nín de chǎn pǐn de mǒu gè tè dìng de dòng zuò shí zài chū shǐ huà 。
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If your dog is barking out of fear of people, first he must learn to be obedient, defer to you for his behavior cues, and relax.
如果你的狗叫声是出于恐惧的人，他首先必须学会听话，请你为他的行为线索，然后放松。
rú guǒ nǐ de gǒu jiào shēng shì chū yú kǒng jù de rén , tā shǒu xiān bì xū xué huì tīng huà , qǐng nǐ wèi tā de xíng wéi xiàn suǒ , rán hòu fàng sōng 。
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If it does not, the retailer may decline your purchase, or defer acceptance of your payment and seek further proof of your address.
如果没有，零售商可能下降您的购买，或延迟付款的接受，并寻求进一步证明你的地址。
rú guǒ méi yǒu , líng shòu shāng kě néng xià jiàng nín de gòu mǎi , huò yán chí fù kuǎn de jiē shòu , bìng xún qiú jìn yí bù zhèng míng nǐ de dì zhǐ 。
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CAI enables you to defer the time consuming parts of the deletion to a date when the system load is not on a high level.
CAI允许您将消耗时间的删除部分延迟到系统负载不是很高的时候。
CAI yǔn xǔ nín jiāng xiāo hào shí jiān de shān chú bù fen yán chí dào xì tǒng fù zài bú shì hěn gāo de shí hou 。
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The Pakistan government has decided to defer by a year a planned increase in a tax on compressed natural gas.
巴基斯坦政府决定把压缩天然气加税计划推迟一年。
bā jī sī tǎn zhèng fǔ jué dìng bǎ yā suō tiān rán qì jiā shuì jì huà tuī chí yī nián 。
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Mr Bush has always said he would defer to his military commanders, but this time he did not take their advice.
布什常说，他会听从军事指挥官，但是这次不接受他们的建议。
bù shí cháng shuō , tā huì tīng cóng jūn shì zhǐ huī guān , dàn shì zhè cì bù jiē shòu tā men de jiàn yì 。
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It would be too simplistic to put all of this down to a cultural propensity to defer to bullying corporate bosses.
如果把这一切归结为一种听命于仗势欺人的公司老板的文化习性，那么就会过于简单了。
rú guǒ bǎ zhè yí qiè guī jié wéi yī zhǒng tīng mìng yú zhàng shì qī rén de gōng sī lǎo bǎn de wén huà xí xìng , nà me jiù huì guò yú jiǎn dān le 。
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