- 词义辨析
delay v-ing, delay in v-ing
这两个短语意思不同:前者表示“推迟〔耽误〕做某事”,后者表示“忘记做某事”。试比较:
They delayed publishing the article.
他们推迟发表这篇文章。
Don't delay in answering the letter.
别忘记回信。
delay, detain, retard, slacken, slow
这组词都可表示“使某人〔事〕落后于”原计划的安排或通常的进展速度。它们之间的区别是:delay主要指因某事的干扰而妨碍按时完成或到达; detain主要指耽误时间,不能按时到达或离开,也可指不能完成想完成的事情; retard主要指减慢运动、进步速度; slow常与up或down连用,指降低进步的速度,强调主观的意图和目的性; slacken侧重某种松弛〔懈〕。例如:
I was detained late in the factory.厂里有事我无法脱身,很晚才离开。
Cold weather retards the growth of the crops.寒冷的天气妨碍作物的生长。
His bad leg slows him down a lot.他那条受伤的腿使他的速度大受影响。
Don't slacken your efforts when the job is only half done.工作只做到一半时可别松劲。
delay, dawdle, lag, loiter, procrastinate
这组词都可表示因行动或动作缓慢而使进步受阻或工作没有完成。它们之间的区别是:delay常指拖延某事(如出发、完成必要的工作等); procrastinate常指因懒惰、匆忙、冷淡或拖拉的习惯造成耽搁; lag主要指不能保持应有的速度去达到某个目的; loiter主要指进行中或完成工作时的耽搁,也可指因闲逛而落后; dawdle语义比loiter稍弱,侧重闲散、思想不集中而多花时间或浪费时间。例如:
He procrastinated in making an appointment to see his doctor.他迟迟不与他的医生预约看病。
The small boy soon became tired and lagged far behind.这小男孩一会儿就累了,远远地落到了后面。
We don't increase our earnings by loitering over our work.我们靠磨洋工是不会增加收入的。
Ade dawdled all the way to school.艾德在上学途中磨磨蹭蹭的。
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- 双语例句 更多例句
The strike is expected to cause delays and disruption to flights from Britain
预计罢工将导致英国航班的延误和中断。
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Many holidaymakers had avoided the worst of the delays by consulting tourist offices
许多度假者通过咨询旅游局避免了那些最严重的延误情况。
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We were not able to meet the deadline because of manufacturing delays
因为制造方面的延误,我们没能赶上最后期限。
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Even this was remarkable, considering that she had had so many delays.
但考虑到路上的多次耽搁,这个成绩也已很不容易了.
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It will take about an hour to get there, allowing for traffic delays.
考虑到交通阻塞,到那里大约需要一小时。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
Several of the delays were caused by the new high-tech baggage system.
几次延误都是由新的高科技行李传送系统造成的。
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Many holidaymakers had avoided the worst of the delays by consulting tourist offices.
许多度假者通过咨询旅游局避免了那些最严重的延误情况。
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We were not able to meet the deadline because of manufacturing delays.
因为制造方面的延误,我们没能赶上最后期限。
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虽然拖延的倾向是普遍的, 但是人们应该充分考虑到不必要的延误造成的有害影响.
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They consummated their passion only after many hesitations and delays.
他们几经踌躇和拖延后才尽情宣泄了激情。
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The ruling obligates airlines to release information about their flight delays
这一裁决规定航空公司有义务公布航班晚点信息。
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The strike is expected to cause delays and disruption to flights from Britain.
预计罢工将导致英国航班的延误和中断。
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We are sorry to be late with the goods, but we came up against some unexpected delays.
很抱歉货送晚了, 我们遇到了一些意外情况给耽搁了.
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- 相关词组
- time delay时间延迟;时延;延时;落后;
- delay spread延迟扩展;
- synchronizing delays同时间阻滞
- delay game[体]拖延比赛时间;
- delay the game拖延比赛;
- delay errors延迟误差;
- turn-off delay time断开延迟时间;
- delay function延迟函数;
- delay retirement延迟退休
- to delay延误;拖延;延期;延缓;耽搁
- time delays时间延误
- long delay长时间的延迟
- CCD delay line电荷耦合延迟线;
- cost of delays延误费;
- without delay赶快,立刻;及时;
- make things worse by repeated delays一误再误
- turn-off delay[计] 关断延迟;
- delay time延迟时间,滞后时间,缓发时间;时延;
- admit of no delay刻不容缓;
- developmental delay发展迟滞发展迟滞;
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