delaying
基本解釋
- v.耽擱;推遲;延誤
- n.耽擱;延期;推遲
詞源解說(shuō)
- 13世紀(jì)晚期進(jìn)入英語(yǔ),直接源自古法語(yǔ)的delaier:de(離開)+laier(讓),意爲(wèi)讓……離開;最初源自古典拉丁語(yǔ)的laxare,意爲(wèi)解散,放松。
用法辨析
- delay的基本意思是行動(dòng)遲緩而耽誤了進(jìn)程,可指由於外界原因而推遲,也可指有意推遲。
- delay可用作不及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作及物動(dòng)詞。用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),接名詞、代詞或動(dòng)名詞作賓語(yǔ),不接動(dòng)詞不定式作賓語(yǔ)。接表人的名詞或代詞作賓語(yǔ)時(shí),一般譯爲(wèi)“使某人誤事”或“使某人慢下來(lái)”; 接表事〔事物〕的名詞或代詞作賓語(yǔ)時(shí),通常譯爲(wèi)“推遲〔耽擱〕做某事”。
- delay指“耽擱,延遲”這一行爲(wèi)或情況本身時(shí),是不可數(shù)名詞; 表示具躰的“被耽擱〔推遲〕的事件或時(shí)間”時(shí),是可數(shù)名詞。
- delay在句中可用作主語(yǔ)、賓語(yǔ)或表語(yǔ)。常與“in+ v -ing”連用。
- delay的意思爲(wèi)“推遲”,“延期”,相儅於put off,其後通常接名詞,動(dòng)名詞作賓語(yǔ),一般很少接不定式。I have to delay answering his question.
- delay in解釋爲(wèi)“把某事耽擱”,其後一般接動(dòng)名詞,不接不定式或者of加動(dòng)名詞。Excuse me for my delay in answering your question. 請(qǐng)?jiān)徫业R了廻答你的問(wèn)題。
v. (動(dòng)詞)
n. (名詞)
英漢例句
- Don't delay.The bell is going to ring.Please turn in your paper immediately.
別拖延了,鈴就要響了,馬上交卷吧。 - Tell him I have a headache,I won't delay him today.
告訴他我頭疼,今天不耽擱他了。 - Why have they delayed opening the new school?
他們爲(wèi)什麼遲遲不開辦那所新學(xué)校? - His delay made the teacher angry.
他的遲到使老師生氣了。 - The delay in the power station expansion project has affected the supply of electricity.
發(fā)電站擴(kuò)建工程的拖延已影響到供電。
用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)
用作不及物動(dòng)詞: S+~(+A)
用作及物動(dòng)詞: S+~+ n./pron.
S+~+(sb's) v -ing
用作名詞 (n.)
~+in sth/ v -ing
詞組短語(yǔ)
- delay a settlement of the question 推遲解決問(wèn)題
- delay answering the letter 推遲答複
- delay dinner 推遲宴會(huì)
- delay one 's work 耽誤工作
- delay the appointment 推遲任命