delay put off.ppt

* postpone, delay, put off 用法辨析 三者：将某事推迟到原订时间之后的某一时 间进行。 其后可接 sb / sth / v-ing 为了表明推迟到何时， 用介词 to, till, until postpone delay put off They delayed leaving. postponed put off 他们推迟动身。 2. 几点细微区别： delay sth 表示暂时阻挠、阻挡， 有“耽搁”、“拖延”等意。 The heavy rain delayed my journey. 大雨耽搁了我的行程。 The letter was delayed three days by the train accident. 这次火车事故使这封信耽搁了三天。 delay sb (强调的是耽搁某人的时间) Heavy traffic delayed us. 交通堵塞使我们迟到了 I was delayed by the traffic. 因交通堵塞，我迟到了。 postpone / put off sth 主要用于延期，两者常可换用，postpone是正式用语, 语义较强, 指“有意识地延至将来某一特定时间”, 说明改在何时进行, The meeting has been postponed to Friday. 会议推迟到星期五举行。 The ball game was postponed because of rain. 球赛因雨延期。 We postponed the match from March 5th to March 19th. 我们把比赛从3月5日推迟到3月19日举行。 put sb off 表示借辞推脱或搪塞某人、推迟 或取消与某人的约会、使某人不高兴 或反感、打扰某人、让某人下车等. He tried to put me off with more promises. 他想用更多的诺言来敷衍我。 We’ve invited friends to dinner and it’s too late to put them off now. 我们已邀请朋友来吃饭， 现在取消来不及了。 Don’t be put off by the title －it’s a really good book. 别介意这书名不好，它真是本好书。 Don’t put me off when I’m trying to concentrate. 我正要集中注意力呢，别打扰我。 *