delay
Từ điển Collocation
delay noun
ADJ. considerable, enormous, lengthy, long, major, serious, significant, substantial After a considerable delay, the government has agreed to accept the recommendations. | excessive, inordinate, undue, unnecessary Undue delays have been caused by people not doing their jobs properly. | inevitable, unavoidable | short, slight | unforeseen | frustrating | further | airport, flight, traffic, travel | time There is a five-minute time delay on the bank's safe.
QUANT. series After a series of lengthy delays, the case finally came to court.
VERB + DELAY be subject to Flights to New York may be subject to delay. | be plagued by, experience, face, suffer Passengers have experienced long delays. The project has been plagued by delays. | cause, lead to The strike has led to some delays in train services. | avoid, prevent, reduce Please address your letters properly so as to reduce delays. | apologize for I apologize for the delay in replying to you.
DELAY + VERB occur Travellers complained about lack of information when travel delays occurred.
PREP. without ~ Please send him the information without delay. | ~ in delays in getting to the airport | ~ of a delay of several weeks | ~ to further delays to the scheme
Từ điển WordNet
v.
- cause to be slowed down or delayed; detain, hold up
Traffic was delayed by the bad weather
she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform
- act later than planned, scheduled, or required
Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered
- stop or halt; stay, detain
Please stay the bloodshed!
- slow the growth or development of; check, retard
The brain damage will retard the child's language development
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
delays|delayed|delaying
syn.: detain hold up postpone put off
ant.: hasten hurry