deferring

英 [dɪˈfɜːrɪŋ]

美 [dɪˈfɜːrɪŋ]

v.  推迟; 延缓; 展期
defer的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 推迟;拖延;延缓
  If youdeferan event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time.
  1. Customers often defer payment for as long as possible...
     顾客常常会尽可能地拖延付款。
  2. I'm not going to defer decisions just because they are not immediately politically popular.
     我不会因为它们没有即刻在政治上受到欢迎就推迟作出这些决定。
• VERB 遵从;听从;顺从
  If youdefer tosomeone, 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.
  1. Doctors are encouraged to defer to experts.
     鼓励医生听从专家的意见。

双语例句

• When arbitrary cuts are imposed, agencies respond by deferring maintenance, leading to greater liabilities later.
  如果强制实施随意性的削减，政府机构会以推迟尽责来应对，日后欠下的账会更大。
• In deferring retirement the Chinese can take inspiration from their former Emperor.
  在推迟退休方面，中国人可以从以前的皇帝身上获取灵感。
• However, for lack of space, I am deferring a discussion of the specific capabilities ( and limits) of XPath and XSLT until a later column.
  不过，由于篇幅限制，我将在以后的专栏中讨论XPath和XSLT的具体性能（和限制）。
• A property can even be "milked" for short periods of time by deferring maintenance, but that is not a wise long-term strategy.
  房地产的款项甚至可以通过推迟保养而暂为“挪用”，可这从长期来讲，却不是一个明智的策略。
• You're used to people deferring to you because of your size.
  你习惯于人们因为你的身材而对你服从。
• Deferring request until after buffering is completed.
  缓冲结束后才延缓请求。
• Many of my examples throughout this series rely on the Lean Software concept of deferring decisions to the last responsible moment.
  本系列中我所用的很多示例都是依赖将决策推迟到最后责任时刻的LeanSoftware概念。
• Mr Farrington says existing clients have increased their allocations, although potential new clients appear to be deferring the issuance of new mandates in any asset class.
  法灵顿先生说，现有投资者已增加了外汇市场的资金配额，尽管潜在的新客户似乎在推迟投资任何一类资产类别的委托授权。
• But criticising an American company comes easier than deferring to critics of the police.
  但是批评一家美国公司要比听从对警察的批评容易得多。
• By deferring the activation of a plug-in, the user is given the impression of a zippier product.
  通过延迟插件的激活，会给用户一种产品更为灵活的印象。