to defer
01
推迟, 延期
to postpone to a later time
Transitive: to defer an event or activity
语法信息
形态构成
简单词
动作动词
规则
现在时
defer
第三人称单数
defers
现在分词
deferring
一般过去时
deferred
过去分词
deferred
例子
Due to technical issues, the launch of the new software was deferred by a month.
由于技术问题，新软件的发布被推迟了一个月。
02
让步, 服从
to yield to someone else’s wishes, judgment, or authority
Intransitive: to defer to sb/sth
例子
The committee deferred to the chairperson ’s judgment on the matter.
委员会在这件事上遵从了主席的判断。
词汇树
deference
deferent
deferment
defer
