〈 de.lay 〉

[常用字]

【動詞】

delayed, delay.ing, delays

【及物動詞】

1 延緩; 延期

2 使延遲

Heavy traffic delayed us. 交通阻塞使我們遲到

【不及物動詞】

延緩; 延期

【名詞】

1 延緩; 延擱

responsed without delay 立刻回答

2 耽擱

3 延遲的期間

4 （兩件事發生的） 間隔時間

【名詞】

de.layer

〈 last an unpleasantly long time枯燥地拖延時間；過得很慢 〉

*The concert dragged on slowly for three hours．音樂會拖延了3小時。

*We should speed up our negotiations；they have been dragging on far too long．他們拖的時間太長了，我們得加快談判進程。

*The meeting dragged on for more than six hours．會議拖拖拉拉開了6個多小時。

*Time drags on when you have nothing to do．當你無事可做時，時間就過得很慢。

〈 hang up 〉

1 放在鉤、栓等上面; 掛; 吊

2 把電話聽筒放回原處; 掛斷電話

3 擱置; 拖延; 中止

The new plan has been hung up.

該新計畫已被擱置



1．put a telephone receiver down掛上電話

*Don't hang up（on me）；I haven't finished talking to you．別掛電話，我還有話對你說。

2．delay；cause a delay；put aside；cause to wait擱置；推遲；拖延；使等候

*The project was hung up for lack of fund．工程因資金短缺而被擱置下來。

*The heavy rain hung up the work on the building site for three weeks．大雨使工地上的工作耽擱了3週。

*I'm sorry I'm late．I got hung up by a friend on the way here．對不起我來晚了。路上遇到一個朋友，所以耽擱了。

*Rehearsals for the school play were hung up by the illness of some of the actors．校戲劇節目的彩排因幾位演員生病而推遲了。

3．stick or cause to be stuck or held so as to be immovable受困；擱淺

*For nearly twenty minutes the train was hung up in a tunnel with the signal against it．沒有發通行信號，火車停在隧道裡將近20分鐘。

*The bus was hung up in snow and the driver could not get it out．公共汽車受困于雪地裡，司機無法將它開出來。

*A big ssenger ship hung up on a sandbar for several hours．一條大客輪擱淺在沙州已有幾個小時了。

4．set a record破紀錄

*He hung up a school record for longdistance swimming．他破了遠程遊泳的校紀錄。

5．place on a hook or hanger掛起

*When the children come to school，they hang up their coats in the cloakroom．孩子們到校後把外衣掛在衣帽間。

〈 1．（cause to） remain at a distance；be aloof（使）拉開距離；（使）不接 近；疏遠；冷漠 〉

*His cold manner holds people off． 他的冷漠態度使人不敢接近。

*Finally he came to realize it was his haughtiness that held people off． 他終于意識到是他的傲慢態度使人不敢同他接近。

*Mr．Flynn holds off from everybody． I think he is shy．弗林先生遠離大家。我想他是害羞。

*The ship held off from the shore because of dangerous crosswinds.由于危險的側風，船沒有靠岸。

2．delay； postpone拖延；延期

*As so many different ideas were put forward，they had to hold off making the decision there and then．因為各種各樣的意見提了一大堆，所以他們當場只好不作決定。

*Jack held off paying for the television set until the dealer fixed it．傑克拖延到商家把電視機裝好才付錢。

3． resist 抵抗

*Our task is to hold off the enemy's attack for a few hours.我們的任務是將敵軍的進攻抵擋住幾小時。

*The police had difficulty in holding the fans off when the popstar was getting in the car．當那位流行歌星上汽車時，警察費了很大勁兒才把歌迷們阻擋住。

4． fail to appear（天氣）未出現；拖延

*The rain held off for the whole morning，although we had all expected a storm．雖然我們都預料到要有一場暴雨，但整個上午都沒有下下來。

*The weather forecast predicts that the rain will hold off till this evening．天氣預報說這場雨要到今天晚上才會下。

〈 lin.ger 〉

【動詞】

lin.gered, lin.ger.ing, lin.gers

【不及物動詞】

1 留連; 徘徊

2 苟延殘喘

3 持續

an aftertaste that lingers 餘味猶存

4 漫步; 閒逛

5 拖延; 拖拖拉拉

【及物動詞】

無所事事

【名詞】

linger.er

【副詞】

linger.ing.ly

〈 pro.long 〉

【及物動詞】

1 延長, 加長, 拖長

2 拉長發音

3 拖延, 延期

〈 1．take off脫去 〉

*As it got warmer，I put off my overcoat．天氣暖和了些，我脫去了大衣。

2．postpone推遲

*Never put off till tomorrow what may he done today．今天可以幹的事絕不要拖到明天。

*The concert had to be put off because the main singer was ill．由于主要歌唱演員病了，音樂會不得為延期。

*He had to put off his trip to Japan for two weeks．他只好把去日本的行期推遲兩週。

3．distract使分散

*The slightest noise puts me off when I am concentrating．當我精神高度集中的時候，很輕的聲音都會使我注意力分散。

*I don't like people talking when I'm writing a letter；it puts me off．我寫信時不喜歡別人談話，那會使我分心。

4．embarrass；displease使為難

*Don't be put off by his appearance；he's nice when you get to know him．不要對他的外表反感，當你與他熟悉後，你會覺得他為人很好。

*Don't let his rough manners put you off．不要對他的粗魯態度不高興。

*I was very hungry but the smell of rotten eggs put me off．我非常餓，但臭雞蛋味使我倒胃口。

*I was rather put off by the shamelessness of his proposal．我對他的無恥建議深感不安。

5．move out to sea出海航行

*They put off in small boats to meet the coming ship．他們分乘小船出海去迎接那只大船。

6．avoid推脫；回避

*He put her off with the excuse that he had too much work to do．他以有很多工作要做為借口來搪塞她。

*They refused to have their demands put off．他們不許人家對他們的要求加以搪塞。

7．discourage sb．or cause sb．to lose interest in sth．使洩氣；阻止；勸阻

*I wanted to say something，but her face quite put me off．我本來要說幾句，但看到她的神情，又沒有勇氣開口了。

8．let or make sb．get out of a vehicle讓人下車

*Ask the conductor to put you off at the next stop．告訴售票員在下一站讓你下車。

9．get rid of丟棄；拋掉

*He decided to put off all personal considerations and accept the task assigned to him．他決定拋棄一切個人打算，接受交給他的任務。

*He had put off all personal cares．他已擺脫了一切個人的煩惱。

10．send to sleep；anaesthetize使入睡；使麻醉

*This medicine will soon put you off．這種藥會使你迅速入睡。

〈 tem.po.rize 〉

【不及物動詞】

1 敷衍, 虛應故事, 應付

2 拖延, 延宕

3 順應潮流, 見風轉舵

4 妥協

【名詞】

tem.po.ri.za.tion

tem.po.riz.ing

【副詞】

tem.po.riz.ing.ly

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