defer
英[d?'f??]
美[d?'f?]
- vi. 推遲；延期；服從
- vt. 使推遲；使延期
- n. (Defer)人名；(法)德費
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?defers;過去式:?deferred;過去分詞:?deferred;現在分詞:?deferring;名詞:?deferment;
中文詞源
defer 推遲，延遲
de-, 分開，散開。-fer, 拿，帶，詞源同bring, infer. 即分散開，引申義推遲，延遲。
defer 遵從，順從de-, 向下，離開。-fer, 拿，帶，詞源同bring, infer. 即拿走，轉移，詞義引申為轉交，遵從，順從。
英文詞源
- defer
- defer: English has two distinct verbs defer. The one meaning ‘delay’ [14] is ultimately the same words as differ. It comes via Old French differer from Latin differre ‘carry apart, delay’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dis- ‘apart’ and ferre ‘carry’ (related to English bear). The Latin verb’s past participle, dīlātus, is the source of English dilatory [15]. Defer ‘submit’ [15] comes via Old French deferer from Latin dēferre ‘carry away’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘away’ and ferre.
The notion of submission seems to have arisen from an earlier application to referring, or ‘carrying’, a matter to someone else.
=> bear, dilatory - defer (v.1)
- "to delay," late 14c., differren, deferren, from Old French differer (14c.), from Latin differre "carry apart, scatter, disperse;" also "be different, differ;" also "defer, put off, postpone," (see differ). Etymologically identical with differ; the spelling and pronunciation differentiated from 15c., perhaps partly by association of this word with delay.
- defer (v.2)
- "yield," mid-15c., from Middle French déférer (14c.) "to yield, comply," from Latin deferre "carry away, transfer, grant," from de- "down, away" (see de-) + ferre "carry" (see infer). Main modern sense is from meaning "refer (a matter) to someone," which also was in Latin.
雙語例句
- 1. We wish to defer our decision until next week.
- 我們希望推遲到下星期再作出決定.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. I shall defer replying till I hear from home.
- 我將等接到家信以后再給你答復.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. We will defer to whatever the committee decides.
- 我們遵從委員會作出的任何決定.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Let's defer the decision for a few weeks.
- 咱們延緩幾個禮拜再做決定吧.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. We all defer to him in these matters.
- 在這類事情上我們都聽他的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》