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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8520 COCA: 8699

defer

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de·fer /dɪˈfɜː $ -ˈfɜːr/ ●○○ verb (deferred, deferring) [transitiveT]  
1 POSTPONE/DO LATERto delay something until a later date 延期，推迟 SYN put back
defer something until/to something
 Further discussion on the proposal will be deferred until April.
对此提案的进一步讨论将推迟到4月份。
 The committee deferred their decision.
委员会延期作出决定。
► see thesaurus at delay
2 defer to somebody/something phrasal verbphr v formal ADMIREto agree to accept someone’s opinion or decision because you have respect for that person 服从，遵从，听从
 I will defer to your wishes.
我会遵从你的意愿。
—deferment noun [countableC, uncountableU]
—deferral noun [countableC, uncountableU]
Examples from the Corpus
defer• For those voters' sakes, important decisions like this one should be deferred.• He expected to die, but the expectation was always of something remote, deferred.• Eventually the committee agreed to defer a decision to see if the school could team up with neighbouring villages to boost numbers.• He deferred admission to Stanford medical school and set about taking three seconds off his 200 time.• That, his day's toil having been deferred, he wanders through unfamiliar woods with unsure footsteps.• Macmillan then deployed a favourite tactic: he deferred the final decision till a later meeting of the Cabinet.• The punishment was deferred until after her baby was born.• College loan payments are deferred until students finish their degrees.• With words he defers, with a football he crushes and wrecks.
deferred ... decision• The executive deferred a decision on Craxi's future until mid-January.• Macmillan then deployed a favourite tactic: he deferred the final decision till a later meeting of the Cabinet.• The committee had previously deferred a decision while it sought the views of the police.
From Longman Business Dictionary
deferde·fer /dɪˈfɜː-ˈfɜːr/ verb (deferred, deferring) [transitiveT]
to delay something until a later time or date
The president may defer decisions on future defense spending cuts.
Further discussion on the proposal will be deferred until April.
Origin defer
(1300-1400) French différer, from Latin differre “to delay, be different”. defer to (1400-1500) French déférer, from Late Latin deferre “to bring down”
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8520 COCA: 8699
defer

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ADVERB | VERB + DEFER | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤indefinitely無限期推延◇The decision has been deferred indefinitely.作出決定的時間被無限期推遲。➤endlessly無限推遲VERB + DEFER➤agree to, decide to同意／決定推遲PREPOSITION➤for推遲⋯時間◇Sentence was deferred for six months.宣判推遲了 6 個月。➤pending推遲直至⋯◇Diagnosis was deferred pending further assessment.診斷等進一步評估後才能作出。➤till, until推遲到⋯◇We agreed to defer discussion of these issues until the next meeting.我們同意把這些問題推遲到下次會議討論。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8520 COCA: 8699
defer verb
⇨ delay
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8520 COCA: 8699

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