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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