defer

verb

1. 推迟；延缓；展期
   to delay sth until a later time
   1. The department deferred the decision for six months.
      这个部门推迟了六个月才作决定。
   2. She had applied for deferred admission to college.
      她已申请延期入学。

1. VERB 推迟;拖延;延缓
   If you defer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time.
   1. Customers often defer payment for as long as possible...
      顾客常常会尽可能地拖延付款。
   2. I'm not going to defer decisions just because they are not immediately politically popular.
      我不会因为它们没有即刻在政治上受到欢迎就推迟作出这些决定。
2. VERB 遵从;听从;顺从
   If you defer to someone, you accept their opinion or do what they want you to do, even when you do not agree with it yourself, because you respect them or their authority.
   1. Doctors are encouraged to defer to experts.
      鼓励医生听从专家的意见。

1. Customers often defer payment for as long as possible
   顾客常常会尽可能地拖延付款。
2. I'm not going to defer decisions just because they are not immediately politically popular.
   我不会因为它们没有即刻在政治上受到欢迎就推迟作出这些决定。
3. Doctors are encouraged to defer to experts.
   鼓励医生听从专家的意见。
4. We defer matters of this kind to him.
   我们把这类事情交由他处理。
5. We will defer to whatever the Committee decides.
   我们遵从委员会作出的任何决定。
6. Let's defer the decision for a few weeks.
   咱们延缓几个礼拜再做决定吧。
7. I'd be happy to defer to your wishes, but there's really nothing I can do.
   不是我不买你的面子，实在这事不好办。
8. Can I safely defer this decision?
   我可以安全地推迟这一决策吗？
9. To achieve this goal, managers would have to either defer or slow down high-priority software projects.
   为达到这一目的，项目管理人员被迫延期高优先级的软件项目或者将开发速度减慢。
10. If you want Samba to defer to another server for authentication, use this authentication method.
    如果您想要Samba遵从另一个服务器进行验证，请使用此验证方法。
11. Developing skills in emergent design allows you to defer decisions until you have more context.
    紧急设计中的开发技巧使您可以推迟做决定，直到掌握了更多的上下文。
12. Note: You could use the defer attribute, but not all browsers including Firefox support it.
    注意：可以使用defer属性，但不是所有浏览器（包括Firefox）都支持它。
13. They were willing to defer to my needs.
    他们愿意满足我的需求。
14. We defer questions of this kind to him.
    我们把这类问题交给他决定。
15. I defer to your judgment.
    我服从你的裁决。
16. I defer to your legal wisdom.
    我很尊重你的法律意识。
17. On technical matters, I defer to the experts.
    在技术问题上，我遵从专家的意见。
18. It was out of date for Youth to defer to Age.
    要青年对老年恭顺，现在是过时了。
19. Pls tell me who decided to defer the meeting.
    请告诉我是谁决定推迟会议的。
20. I have to defer to my boss on important decisions.
    在重大问题上我不得不服从老板。
21. In the review stage, I defer to such mentality to carry on.
    在复习阶段，我就是按照这样的思路进行的。
22. Had what problem. Perverse stimulate unapt cause menstruation to defer.
    有什么问题了吧.剌激不至于引起月经推迟的。
23. I will get in trouble if I let you defer again.
    如果我再让你们延期，我不会有好日子过的！
24. No longer did MPs defer to the speaker.
    下院议员们不再听从议长了。
25. Under the circumstances, we have to defer discussing this subject.
    在目前情况下，我们不得不推迟讨论这个问题。
26. Can I defer the application fee?
    他们再不能推迟动身了。
27. We all defer to him in these matters.
    在这类事情上我们都听他的。
28. I will is happy to defer to your advice on these matter.
    我很乐意听从您对这些事情的忠告。
29. We should defer to our parents'wishes.
    我们应当顺从父母的意愿。
30. Can we defer making a decision until next week?
    我们能推迟到下周再作决定吗？

  defer adjourn delay postpone put off【导航词义：推迟】

  defer v. 推迟，延期

〔辨析〕较正式用词，多指故意拖延。

  adjourn v. 休（会），休（庭），延期

〔辨析〕指会议休会、法庭休庭或审判延期。

  delay v. （使）推迟，耽搁

〔辨析〕多指由于外在原因而推迟或耽误，有时也指有意推迟。

  postpone v. 延迟，延缓

〔辨析〕多指有计划地延期，通常会明确延期到何时。

  put off phr.v. 推迟，延期

〔辨析〕尤指因出现问题或不想现在做某事而推迟，作此义解时常可与 delay 换用。

defer to sb/sth

1. 遵从；听从；顺从
   to agree to accept what sb has decided or what they think about sb/sth because you respect him or her
   1. The department deferred the decision for six months.
      这个部门推迟了六个月才作决定。
   2. She had applied for deferred admission to college.
      她已申请延期入学。

verb

1. yield to another's wish or opinion
   1. The government bowed to the military pressure

   Synonym:    submitbowaccedegive in

2. hold back to a later time
   1. let's postpone the exam

   Synonym:    postponeproroguehold overput overtableshelveset backremitput off