postpone
verb [ T ] uk/pəʊstˈpəʊn/ /pəstˈpəʊn/ us/poʊstˈpoʊn/
B1 推迟，延缓，使延期
to delay an event and plan or decide that it should happen at a later date or time
They decided to postpone their holiday until next year. 他们决定将假期推迟到来年。
[ + -ing verb ] We've had to postpone going to France because the children are ill. 因为孩子们生病了，我们不得不推迟去法国的行程。
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- The negotiations have been postponed indefinitely.
- I was really angry when she asked me to postpone my trip to help her move house.
- There's no point postponing the event just because the weather forecast is bad.
- We decided to postpone the party until my parents had returned from America.
- The exams have been postponed until next month.