He agreed to postpone earlier elections in exchange for a power-sharing deal that saw his political opponents drop their electoral boycott.

VOA: standard.2009.07.19

That would be like a quarter of 1% to postpone your payment by another year; so time was really cheap.

也就是说只需要付1%的1/4就能,延迟一年还款,时间的价值很低

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But if you wanted to postpone it over seven years or so, time got a lot more expensive.

但如果你要延迟七年以上时间还款,时间价值就很昂贵了

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Many experts,including David Marples with the University of Alberta, say essentially two countries led the charge to postpone Georgian and Ukrainian NATO membership.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

"We have to start and not postpone it again."

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

The official also commended Mr.Zelaya for what he said was his wise decision to postpone returning home to give time for OAS diplomacy, which State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly said earlier Wednesday is showing some progress.

VOA: standard.2009.07.01