delay 和 postpone 都可以表示“推迟”，他们有什么区别呢？ - 知乎

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　　delay 和 postpone辨析:

　　我们来看看几位英语母语者的解释吧！

　　They are very similar words, and can be used in similar places, though 'delay' is better used for transportation/moving, while 'postpone' is used more for projects/dates.

　　它们是非常相似的词，并且可以在类似的地方使用，尽管“delay”更好地用于运输/移动，而“postpone”则更多地用于项目/日期。

　　i.e: The flight was delayed, but the business meeting was not postponed.

　　例：航班延误了，但是商务会议没有推迟。

　　They are similar in meaning. Postpone is always a verb but delay can be both a verb and a noun. Postpone is normally used to talk about homework assignments, professional plans or assignments as well.

　　它们的含义相似，postpone始终是动词，但delay可以是动词和名词。postpone通常用于谈论家庭作业，专业计划或作业。

　　When something is delayed, it's knot known if or when that thing will be rescheduled, "My plane was delayed by the storm, I hope it can still leave before the morning."

　　But if something is postponed, it's also given a time & date for when it will be, "The meeting was postponed to July 6th."

　　当某事delay时，不知道是否或何时重新安排时间，“我的飞机因暴风雨而延迟了，我希望它仍然可以在早晨之前离开。”

　　但是如果某件事postpone了，它还会给出一个日期和时间，例如： “会议推迟到7月6日”

　　现在你分清楚了吗？