延期 — meaning in English
yán qī
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English meaning
- adjournment noun The act of pausing or ending a meeting or session, or the period during which it is paused.
- defer verb To put something off until a later time; to postpone.
- dilatory adj Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or adjourn decision.
- extension noun An extra part added to something to make it larger or longer, or an extra period of time granted beyond an original deadline.
- postponement noun A delay to a later time; the act of putting something off.
- put off phrasal verb To move something to a later time, or to delay doing something you would rather not do.
- rain check noun A polite refusal of an invitation that leaves the door open for another time, almost always in the phrase "take a rain check".
Senses
延期 is used for these senses in English:
- defer (intransitive) To delay, to wait.
- dilatory Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or adjourn decision.
- extension (banking, finance) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
- postponement A delay, as a formal delay in a proceeding.
- put off (transitive) To cause to dislike; to discourage (from doing).
defer — full definition
- verb To put something off until a later time; to postpone.
- verb To yield to someone else's opinion, judgment, or authority.