postpone

/pəˈspəʊn/ (bre, ipa) · /pəʊˈspəʊn/ (ame, ipa) · /(ˌ)pōs(t)-ˈpōn/ (ame, mw)

postpone — verb

  • postponepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • postponeshe / she / it
  • postponedpast simple
  • postponing-ing form

1. to move an arranged activity, meeting, or trip to a future time instead of doing

1.動詞及物B1
釋義

to move an arranged activity, meeting, or trip to a future time instead of doing it now

例句

The school postponed sports day because the field was still flooded.

postpone + event noun

After the doctor called, Mina postponed her trip until next month.

postpone + noun + until + time

同義詞
  • delay

    is the broadest choice and can also describe something happening more slowly than expected

  • defer

    is more formal and is common for decisions, payments, or official actions

  • put off

    is more informal and is especially common in speech

  • reschedule

    usually suggests fixing a new time, not simply moving something later

反義詞
  • bring forward

    means move an event to an earlier time and is especially common in British English

  • move up

    is a common everyday way to say something happens earlier

  • advance

    is a more formal verb for changing something to an earlier date or time

文法句型

postpone a meeting

postpone doing something

be postponed until Friday

用法筆記

Common with meetings, trips, weddings, and other planned events. Also takes an -ing form for activities, as in 'postpone buying a car' or 'postpone meeting a client'.

常見錯誤

❌We postponed to meet the client.
✅We postponed meeting the client.' / 'We postponed the meeting with the client.
💡postpone is followed by a noun or an -ing form, not a to-infinitive.
❌We cancelled the game until Friday.
✅We postponed the game until Friday.
💡cancel means it will not happen; postpone means it is moved to a later time.