postpone學測 L3KK [poˈstpon] ｜ /poʊˈstpoʊn/
延後；延期·延期；展延
常考動詞，字首 post- 好認
The manager postponed the trip because of the bad weather.
經理因為天氣不好而延後了那趟旅行。
一個畫面：行事曆往後挪一格
移動卡片把約會卡片推到後面格子
劃掉舊格原本的日期被劃掉
填入新格較晚的日期填進空格
義項
看牙延期C1verb延後；延期
I will postpone my dentist appointment until next week.
我會把牙醫的預約延到下週。
postpone an appointmentpostpone a task
會議延期C1verb延期；展延
Because of a sudden problem, the committee postponed the meeting until next week.
因為突發狀況，委員會把會議延到了下週。
postpone the meetingpostpone a decision
片語
postpone until further notice延後候令 →延後至另行通知
postpone indefinitely遙遙無期 →無限期延後
postpone the wedding婚禮延後 →把婚禮延到之後
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The meeting was ___ until next week because of the storm. (postpone / postponed)
看答案
postponed
被動語態需用過去分詞 postponed，非原形。
'They decided to postpone the trip.' 這裡的 postpone 意思最接近：(A) 建議 (B) 延後 (C) 取消
看答案
(B)
postpone 是延後，不是建議(propose)或取消(cancel)。
字族
postponement 延期；延遲（名詞）
順路看看
delay — postpone 的口語同義字reschedule — 延後並重新安排新時間cancel — postpone 的反義，直接取消多益練習
本區為多益情境練習，與上方釋義獨立編寫
情境例句
工作安排調整
We postponed updating the training manual until the new procedures were ready.
我們延後更新訓練手冊，等新作業流程備妥後再進行。
正式會議通知
The committee officially postponed the planning meeting until next Tuesday.
委員會正式將規劃會議延至下週二。
詞族
postpone verb 延後；延期・postponement noun 延後；延期・postponed verb（過去式／過去分詞） 延後；延期
四選一
The coordinator decided to ____ the training session until Thursday.
看答案
postpone
decided to 後接原形動詞，因此選 postpone。postponement 是名詞；postponing 是 -ing 形式；postponed 是過去式或過去分詞，均不符合本句的不定詞結構。
同義改寫
We will postpone updating the staff directory until Monday. → We will put off updating the staff directory until Monday.
postpone 與 put off 在此都表示延後進行某項工作，並保留延至週一的時間安排。
The chair announced that the committee meeting had been postponed until Friday. → The chair announced that the committee meeting had been moved to a later date, Friday.
moved to a later date 明確表示會議日期往後移，保留 postponed 的方向，以及主席宣布延至週五的資訊。