postponed

1.The meeting has been postponed to Friday.

会议到星期五举行。

2.They postponed leaving because of the weather.

他们因天气原因而延期离开。

3.The ball game was postponed because of rain.

赛因雨延期。

4.The event has been postponed indefinitely due to lack of interest.

由于反应冷淡，这一活动被无限期地搁置了。

5.The mother postponed all other business to the task of smoothing her crying child.

母亲放下一切别事情, 先去抚慰哭叫着孩子。

6.I have no wish to disappoint everyone by postponing the visit.

我一点也不想因为问让大家失望。

7.It won't hurt to postpone the matter for a few days.

把此事搁置几天并无妨碍。

8.We reminded them that the meeting had been postponed.

我们提醒他们会议已经延期。

9.He took up the position that the meeting should be postponed to next week.

他主张会议应当延期到下星期举行。

10.If pharmacological method had not been introduced to the study of vinca rosea, the discovery of vincaleukoblastine would have been postponed by many years.

如果对长春花研究不是应用药理学方法话，长春新碱发现恐怕还要好多年。