delay
英 [dɪ'leɪ]
美[dɪ'le]
	    - vi. 延期;耽搁
 - vt. 延期;耽搁
 - n. 延期;耽搁;被耽搁或推迟的时间
 - n. (Delay)人名;(英)迪莱;(法)德莱
 
实用场景例句
- a delay of two hours/a two-hour delay
 - 两小时的延误
 
牛津词典
- There's no time for delay.
 - 没有时间了,不能拖延了。
 
牛津词典
- Report it to the police without delay (= immediately) .
 - 赶快将此事报告警方。
 
牛津词典
- The judge will delay his verdict until he receives medical reports on the offender.
 - 法官将推迟判决,直到收到有关违法者的医疗报告。
 
牛津词典
- She's suffering a delayed reaction (= a reaction that did not happen immediately) to the shock.
 - 她正在承受着冲击所带来的滞后反应。
 
牛津词典
- He delayed telling her the news, waiting for the right moment.
 - 他没有马上把消息告诉她,等有了适当的时机再说。
 
牛津词典
- Don't delay─call us today!
 - 别拖延——今天就给我们打电话!
 
牛津词典
- Thousands of commuters were delayed for over an hour.
 - 数千名乘车上下班的人被耽搁了一个多小时。
 
牛津词典
- The government is accused of using delaying tactics (= deliberately doing sth to delay a process, decision, etc.) .
 - 政府被指责故意采取拖延战术。
 
牛津词典
- Commuters will face long delays on the roads today.
 - 路远乘车上下班的人今天要在路上耽误很多时间了。
 
牛津词典
- We apologize for the delay in answering your letter.
 - 来信收悉,迟复为歉。
 
牛津词典
- 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。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Can you delay him in some way?...
 - 你能想办法拖住他一会儿吗?
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Various setbacks and problems delayed production...
 - 各种各样的挫折和问题耽搁了生产进度。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- If he delayed any longer, the sun would be up.
 - 如果他再拖延,太阳就要出来了。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- There is no time left for delay...
 - 已经没有时间再耽误了。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- We'll send you a quote without delay.
 - 我们会立刻送一份报价给你。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Application: mainly use to shave rust and oil paint.
 - 用途: 主要用来刮除铁锈和墙漆.
 
期刊摘选
- His delay made the teacher angry.
 - 他的迟到使老师生气了.
 
《简明英汉词典》
- The assembly voted to delay the legislation to allow further consultation to take place.
 - 议会投票决定暂缓立法以便进一步磋商.
 
《简明英汉词典》
- They were granted a delay of 48 hours to gather more evidence.
 - 准许他们迟延48小时,以收集更多的证据.
 
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- We surmised that the delay was caused by some accident.
 - 我们推测迟延是由某种事故所致.
 
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Don't delay any more.
 - 不要再拖了.
 
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- It is getting late, don't delay.
 - 时间已晚, 不要耽搁了.
 
《简明英汉词典》
- After a long delay, he got around to writing the letter.
 - 耽搁了很久以后, 他找到时间写这封信.
 
《简明英汉词典》