学个词Learn a Word 第1063期 Postpone

今天我们要学的词是postpone¹。 Postpone推迟。 "Justin Bieber had to postpone his concert because he was sick," 贾斯汀.比伯因为生病，不得不推迟演唱会。"We had to postpone the trip because of the hurricane," 由于飓风的影响，我们不得不推迟行程。

美国去年出生率下降2.6%，有人把这种情况归咎于经济下滑。 "People tend to postpone having children when their financial future is uncertain," 经济前景不明朗的情况下，人们往往倾向于推迟要孩子。在美国，估计把一个2009年出生的孩子拉扯到17岁，花销在16万到37万之间。好的，今天我们学习的词是 postpone...
 

1 postpone   

v.延期，推迟

参考例句：

• I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。
• She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。