delay
US:/dɪˈleɪ/
UK:/dɪ'leɪ/
v.:
延迟；推迟；延期；使迟到
n.:
延误；延期；耽搁；延迟（或耽搁、拖延）的时间
网络:
延时；耽误
Word forms: (第三人称单数) delays (现在分词) delaying (过去式) delayed
Examples
1.
5b. The goods were promised to be delivered with in a week, and we have been put to considerable in convenience through the long delay.
你方承诺一周内交货，可是由于长时间的拖延，你们给我们带来了极大的不便。
2.
"If it was an eight- or nine-week delay there would be a problem [with getting some toys on shelves in time for Christmas]. "
一家大型玩具零售商的高级主管表示，“如果延期时间为8至9周，那么（某些玩具要在圣诞节期间及时上架）就有麻烦了。”
3.
Representative: Captain, our ship-owner instructed me to check a few details with you on this delay.
代表：船长，船东指示我向您核对一些这次延误事件的细节。
4.
Even very short periods of time add up to all useful hours I need, if I plunge in without delay.
如果我能立即投入工作，哪怕只有很短的时间，累积起来也会变成十分有用的几个小时。
5.
We feel that some advice of this long delay should have been given, and we await early explanation on this point.
我方认为对这么长时间的延误应该有个说法。我方期待贵方尽快做出解释。
6.
Do not be discouraged by set backs and delay tactics used by the dark hats, as their days in power are numbered at this late stage.
不要因为挫折沮丧，最后一段时间黑暗势力的日子屈指可数，他们用延迟作为一项战术。
7.
Xu said there had been a small delay in paying taxes, but they had paid the full amount and yet the heaviest fine was levied.
许志永说，公盟在缴税上有一点点拖延，但已经交足了税款，却还是被课以最重的罚金。
8.
She had understood that the cost of democracy is the price the poor pay in the delay of their entry into the middle class.
她知道，民主的成本相当于穷人为推迟进入中产阶级的支付的价格。
9.
Two years later, when the shoe was on the other foot, Gingrich and DeLay would not be so charitable.
两年后，当我们所处的位置调了过来，金里奇和迪莱就没有这么仁慈了。
10.
Write down your executive search consultant's number and the company's number in case you have to ask for a delay.
记下你猎头顾问的号码和公司的号码，这样就可以在不得不推迟安排时派上用场。