ADJECTIVE | ... OF DELAYS | VERB + DELAY | DELAY + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤considerable, enormous, lengthy, long, major, serious, significant, substantial相當長的耽擱;長時間的延誤;漫長的拖延◇After a considerable delay, the government has agreed to accept the recommendations.在拖延相當長的時間以後,政府同意接受建議。➤five-minute, six-month, two-hour, etc.五分鐘、六個月、兩小時等的拖延▸➤excessive, inordinate, undue, unnecessary過分的延誤;過度的延誤;不必要的延遲◇Undue delays have been caused by people not doing their jobs properly.由於人們沒做好自己的工作而引起了不必要的延誤。➤inevitable, unavoidable不可避免的耽擱▸➤brief, short, slight短暫延誤;稍微延遲➤minimal, minimum最小限度的拖延▸➤unexpected, unforeseen意想不到的/無法預料的耽擱▸➤frustrating令人沮喪的延誤➤costly代價高昂的延誤➤bureaucratic官僚作風造成的延誤◇The building project has been plagued by bureaucratic delays.這個建築項目一直因官僚作風而一再拖延。➤further進一步的耽擱▸➤airport, flight, traffic, travel機場延誤;航班延誤;交通阻延;旅程耽擱▸➤time延時◇There is a five-minute time delay on the bank's safe.銀行的保險箱有 5 分鐘的延時。... OF DELAYS➤series一連串的延期◇After a series of lengthy delays, the case finally came to court.在多次長時間的延期後,這個案子終於開庭審理了。VERB + DELAY➤be subject to (especially BrE) 容易延誤◇Flights to New York may be subject to delay.到紐約的航班可能易受延誤。➤be plagued by, encounter, experience, face, suffer為拖延所擾;遭遇延遲;經歷延遲;面臨延期◇Passengers have experienced long delays.乘客已被多次長時間地延誤。◇The project has been plagued by delays.這個項目一直被拖來拖去。➤cause, lead to引起耽擱;導致延誤◇The strike has led to some delays in train services.此次罷工導致了一些列車的延誤。➤avoid, eliminate, minimize, prevent, reduce避免耽擱;消除延誤;使延誤最小化;防止拖延;減少延誤◇Please address your letters properly so as to reduce delays.請正確書寫信件地址以減少延誤。➤apologize for為延誤道歉◇I apologize for the delay in replying to you.我為耽擱了回信向您道歉。DELAY + VERB➤occur延誤發生◇Passengers complain about lack of information when travel delays occur.旅客抱怨說旅途中發生延誤時沒有人告知相關信息。PREPOSITION➤without delay馬上◇Please send him the information without delay.請立即把這則信息傳遞給他。➤delay in⋯上的耽擱◇delays in getting to the airport去機場路上的延誤➤delay of為時⋯的耽擱◇a delay of several weeks數星期的延誤➤delay to對⋯的拖延◇further delays to the plan對這一計劃的再三拖延delay
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ADVERB➤seriously, significantly, substantially嚴重延誤;大大推遲◇Mellanby's arrival was seriously delayed by a late train.因為火車晚點梅蘭比晚到了很長時間。◇These drugs can significantly delay the onset of the disease.這些藥可以大大延緩這種病的發作。➤indefinitely無限期推遲▸➤further再度延遲▸➤unduly (especially BrE) 過度延遲➤temporarily臨時推遲▸➤slightly, somewhat稍微延遲;有些延誤▸➤deliberately故意延遲