delay
美 [dɪˈleɪ] 
英 [dɪ'leɪ]
- v.延迟；推迟；延期；使迟到
- n.延误；延期；耽搁；延迟（或耽搁、拖延）的时间
- 网络延时；耽误
词形变化
第三人称单数：delays 现在分词：delaying 过去式：delayed 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
1. | [c] 延迟（或耽搁、拖延）的时间a period of time when sb/sth has to wait because of a problem that makes sth slow or late |
| Commuters will face long delays on the roads today. 路远乘车上下班的人今天要在路上耽误很多时间了。 |
| We apologize for the delay in answering your letter. 来信收悉，迟复为歉。 |
| a delay of two hours/a two-hour delay 两小时的延误 |
2. | [c][u] 延期；耽搁；延误a situation in which sth does not happen when it should; the act of delaying |
| There's no time for delay. 没有时间了，不能拖延了。 |
| Report it to the police without delay(= immediately) . 赶快将此事报告警方。 |
1. | [i][t] 延迟；延期；推迟to not do sth until a later time or to make sth happen at a later time |
| Don't delay─call us today! 别拖延 — 今天就给我们打电话！ |
| The judge will delay his verdict until he receives medical reports on the offender. 法官将推迟判决，直到收到有关违法者的医疗报告。 |
| She's suffering a delayed reaction(= a reaction that did not happen immediately) to the shock. 她正在承受着冲击所带来的滞后反应。 |
| He delayed telling her the news, waiting for the right moment. 他没有马上把消息告诉她，等有了适当的时机再说。 |
2. | [t] ~ sb 使迟到；使耽搁；使拖延to make sb late or force them to do sth more slowly |
| Thousands of commuters were delayed for over an hour. 数千名乘车上下班的人被耽搁了一个多小时。 |
| The government is accused of using delaying tactics(= deliberately doing sth to delay a process, decision, etc.) . 政府被指责故意采取拖延战术。 |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
5b. The goods were promised to be delivered with in a week, and we have been put to considerable in convenience through the long delay.
你方承诺一周内交货，可是由于长时间的拖延，你们给我们带来了极大的不便。
"If it was an eight- or nine-week delay there would be a problem [with getting some toys on shelves in time for Christmas]. "
一家大型玩具零售商的高级主管表示，“如果延期时间为8至9周，那么（某些玩具要在圣诞节期间及时上架）就有麻烦了。”
Representative: Captain, our ship-owner instructed me to check a few details with you on this delay.
代表：船长，船东指示我向您核对一些这次延误事件的细节。
Even very short periods of time add up to all useful hours I need, if I plunge in without delay.
如果我能立即投入工作，哪怕只有很短的时间，累积起来也会变成十分有用的几个小时。
We feel that some advice of this long delay should have been given, and we await early explanation on this point.
我方认为对这么长时间的延误应该有个说法。我方期待贵方尽快做出解释。
Do not be discouraged by set backs and delay tactics used by the dark hats, as their days in power are numbered at this late stage.
不要因为挫折沮丧，最后一段时间黑暗势力的日子屈指可数，他们用延迟作为一项战术。
Xu said there had been a small delay in paying taxes, but they had paid the full amount and yet the heaviest fine was levied.
许志永说，公盟在缴税上有一点点拖延，但已经交足了税款，却还是被课以最重的罚金。
She had understood that the cost of democracy is the price the poor pay in the delay of their entry into the middle class.
她知道，民主的成本相当于穷人为推迟进入中产阶级的支付的价格。
Two years later, when the shoe was on the other foot, Gingrich and DeLay would not be so charitable.
两年后，当我们所处的位置调了过来，金里奇和迪莱就没有这么仁慈了。
Write down your executive search consultant's number and the company's number in case you have to ask for a delay.
记下你猎头顾问的号码和公司的号码，这样就可以在不得不推迟安排时派上用场。
In an interview with the BBC, developer Kerry Michael said he was "bitterly disappointed at the continued delay. "
在一次BBC的采访中，开发者克里迈克尔说他“对无尽的延期彻底的失望。”
The main reason for delay seems to be the inexperience or ineptitude of local officials.
而建设步伐的延误的主要原因似乎是地方行事官员的经验不足或不称职。
A: What seems to be the delay in shipping ? B: We're having trouble arranging for a carrier .
你们出货延迟了，是什么原故呢？B：因为货运公司的安排有问题。
Pennant was late twice last week. He said one delay was because he had been stopped by police for speeding on the motorway.
彭南特上周迟到两次，一次他借口说他由于超车在交警停在高速公路上。
We have to remind you again of our overdue account and must request you to let us have your payment without further delay.
我们不得不再次提醒你们，我们的帐目已经预期，请你们立即付款结清帐目。
A handful of researchers, however, think science will ultimately delay aging at least long enough to double life spans.
大量研究人员认为，科学将最终推迟变老速度，使人类寿命至少可以达到预期生命期限的两倍。
This delay is often a frustrating factor in cell-network data connections.
延迟往往是蜂窝式网络中最令人抓狂的因素。
That's because a federal judge said he won't delay the former White House aide's sentence in the CIA leak case.
这是为了不耽误联邦法官在中情局泄密一案中对前白宫副官的审判。
We shall be grateful if you will look into the matter and let us have a reply without delay.
如能调查此事并及时给予答复，我们将很感激。
Please look up the matter and give us your definite reply without further delay.
请重视此事并立即给予我方一个确切的答复。
It showed the inability of the United States to throw a powerful army without delay into the battle in France.
这显示了美国无力立即派遣一支强大军队到法国去投入战斗。
She knew the truth and the real danger of delay-he knew neither; therein lay all the difference in the world.
她知道事情的真相和旷日持久的真正危险-他两者都不知道；这就有天渊之别。
If, however, there is a delay before the material can be submitted to the laboratory, it may be frozen.
但是，如果材料不能及时送往实验室则可冰冻。
Engage him without delay to superintend his fancy farm in Dumbartonshire.
立即雇用他，请他管理他心爱的丹巴顿郡的农场。
By now the passengers were getting browned off with the delay.
此时乘客们对延误已开始感到不满。
The passengers grew angry about the delay.
延误使乘客气愤起来。
Do it without (any) delay!
马上做，不得延误！
Don't delay any more.
不要再拖了。
This work admits of no delay.
这件工作刻不容缓。
The end-to-end delay is the total delay for a data unit to be transmitted from the source to its destination.
“端-端”延迟是一个数据单元从源传输到目标的总延迟。
It was the ability to take the ball and run with it without hesitation or delay.
这是接受任务，并且毫不迟疑或延误地完成任务的能力。
The government ought to see that the unjustified delay in the Rowse case may encourage officials to avoid taking responsibility.
政府必须警惕，处理卢维思案的延宕与欠缺合理解释，会助长卸责文化的滋生。
I do not wish to have to tell the Russians that there will be ANOTHER delay.
我不希望告诉俄罗斯人再有任何闪失。
I received the last you sent on by the merest chance, and after considerable delay through being inland; or I might have come sooner.
你上次转给我的信，在巴西的内地转来转去，耽误了许久，最后完全是碰巧收到的，不然我会回来得更早些。
With no delay, she hurried to the hospital to enjoy Christmas with her mother.
然后立即，赶到医院去陪同她妈妈过平安夜。
Ever since the election, Tom DeLay and his staff had been firing up the right-wing networks to demand my impeachment.
国会中期选举之后，汤姆·迪莱和他的同伙一直在组织右翼力量势必要弹劾我。
Therefore, if the children have strabismus , amblyopia should take the best treatment, not to delay treatment.
因此，一旦发现孩子有斜视、弱视应把握最佳治疗期，切莫耽搁诊疗。
It's none of my business, but I think your salesman should have informed me of the delay.
那不关我的事，可是我觉得你们的业务员应该通知我啊。
In her studies, Carskadon is trying to figure out what's going on in the brain to produce this delay.
卡斯卡登在她的研究中试图弄明白，大脑为什么会产生这样的延迟。
The cost of the wedding could also be a factor in the delay, she said.
她还称婚姻的高成本也成为晚婚的一个因素。
Let's tell our families and friends how much we love them. Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life.
勇敢的对家人朋友说出你的爱。不要把生命中的快乐往后拖延。
The essence of this business is to reach the bomb and deal with it with the least possible delay.
最重要的是，应当毫不延误地挖到炸弹，把它处理掉。
But at least risk aversion will help the dollar avoid further falls, and delay the moment when it is replaced as a reserve currency.
但至少，避险行为将有助于美元避免进一步下跌，推迟美元储备货币地位被取代的时刻。
He was criticized for his delay in dealing with the matter.
他由于没有及时处理这件事而受到批评。
You may also have to delay a purchase you had been looking forward to making, or bow out of an event.
你可能也会延迟一些你原先期待的买卖，或者取消一些活动。
The reason for the long delay was that from the moment of its discovery electricity was seen primarily as power and not as communication.
之所以会如此拖延，是因为电流从被发现的那一刻起，就首先被看成是能量而不是通信工具。
Go, ask and look nowhere else but WITHIN what this means for you and yours, as I did choose to come to you NOW, and with no delay.
去吧，不要从别处询问和寻找这对你和你的一切意味着什么，回到内心，因为我的确选择现在来到你们面前，并且毫无延误。
When they came here with me, I did not delay the case, but convened the court the next day and ordered the man to be brought in.
及至他们都来到这里，我就不耽延，第二天便坐堂，吩咐把那人提上来。
Count to ten, take a deep breath, sleep on it, wait until the next day to send that email. . . any kind of delay is good.
数到10、做深呼吸、隔一宿、等到第二天再发出那封电子邮件。任何类别的延迟都有帮助。
