defer
- v. 延期，推迟；听从，遵从（defer to）
- 【名】 （Defer）（法）德费（人名）
[ 第三人称单数 defers 现在分词 deferring 过去式 deferred 过去分词 deferred ]
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
defer /dɪˈfɜː/ CET6+ TEM8 ( deferring, deferred, defers )
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V-T 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. 推迟
例：Customers often defer payment for as long as possible.
顾客们经常尽可能地推迟付款。
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V-I 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. 听从; 服从
例：Doctors are encouraged to defer to experts.
鼓励医生们听从专家的意见。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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Customers often defer payment for as long as possible.
顾客们经常尽可能地推迟付款。
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Let's say, both John and Mary defer to her leadership.
假设，约翰和玛丽都服从她的领导。
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Doctors are encouraged to defer to experts.
鼓励医生们听从专家的意见。
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Under pressure from the United States, the Council agreed to defer action on the report for six months.
VOA: standard.2009.10.03
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as Joyce would say--stream of consciousness, I understand difference temporally. I defer difference. I unfold.
乔伊斯会说，意识流，我只是暂时地理解了差异，推迟了差异，将之打开。
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And for Problem Set One, we'll defer to some online documentation for the specifics.
对应习题集，我们将尊重一些网上的文档中的细节。
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