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does anyone know what different between postpone and delay?

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鲜花(362) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2009-6-4 11:52 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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When I write a report, some project were postponed/delayed? what is the different?
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Thanks.
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发表于 2009-6-4 17:32 | 显示全部楼层
They certainly have similar meanings, but they are not interchangeable in many cases.
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3 u  O8 z$ H( e1 w- n. o. EIf something will be pushed back in time by a few hours, it's delayed. For example, weather can delay the departure of a plane.: }2 |1 t0 w, X( J5 m

1 r2 J: J. E: MWhen something is pushed back to a specific date, days or even weeks later, it's postponed. A business meeting might be postponed because one of the key people got called out of town.) d5 N( n# J' q7 C# k
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On the other hand, something like a product that is supposed to be released can be "delayed" (not postponed) for months.
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发表于 2009-6-5 17:35 | 显示全部楼层
又学到了有用的词汇知识!
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发表于 2009-6-6 22:35 | 显示全部楼层
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They certainly have similar meanings, but they are not interchangeable in many cases.2 T1 g. h2 {2 K

& P5 {- {2 K- o+ q; l+ ^If something will be pushed back in time by a few hours, it's delayed. For example, weather can delay the depar ...
5 S- N6 U) e1 Y% O5 {Xbfeng 发表于 2009-6-4 17:32
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-6-8 16:09 | 显示全部楼层
鲜花(327) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2009-6-20 23:48 | 显示全部楼层
感觉是从上级那里来DELAY,都是POSTPONE,下级那里来的就成了DELAY了。因为有人可以BLAME了。哈哈。。。
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