delay的读法

1. 阻滞，使迟到
2. 推迟，延迟，延缓，使拖延，使延期
3. 耽搁，耽误，延迟，延误，晚点；逗留

1. 耽搁，耽误，延迟，拖延，延误，延时，推迟
2. 耽搁的时间，延迟的时间，延误期
3. 磨蹭，犹豫
4. 被耽搁的事件
5. 延迟器
6. 【体】延迟动作，假动作

1. time during which some action is awaited;

   "instant replay caused too long a delay"
   "he ordered a hold in the action"
   

2. the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

1. cause to be slowed down or delayed;

   "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"
   "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
   

2. act later than planned, scheduled, or required;

   "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"
   

3. stop or halt;

   "Please stay the bloodshed!"
   

4. slow the growth or development of;

   "The brain damage will retard the child's language development"
   

1. delay的解释

1. 耽搁：W.)探讨了教室的拥挤给学生学习带来的影响,认为教室的拥挤会导致学生耽搁(delay)、拒绝(denial)、阻断(interruption)以及分心(distraction)等体验. 索利斯(Thouless,H.)的研究表明,班级规模与教学内容和教学组织形式有关,

2.delay：dly; 延迟

delay for (v.+prep.)

耽搁…时间 stop over a time
delay for some time

〔说明〕 介词for有时可省略。

Disease prevention is like putting out a fire.We can't delay for one minute.

防病如灭火,一分一秒也不能耽误。

He delayed for a long time before accepting my offer.

他拖延了好久才接受我的建议。

She delayed a few hours in order to see me.

她为了能见到我,拖延了几个小时。

delay sb/sth for some time

〔说明〕 介词for通常不省略。

You have delayed me for three hours.

你已经耽搁了我3小时。

The accident delayed the train for two hours.

事故使火车耽搁了两小时。

• For who would bear..the law's delay.

  出自：Hamlet,Shakespeare

• What the hell's all this delay for, Mr Hornblower? D'you want us to miss the tide?

  出自：C. S. Forester

• Th' unprofitable moments..That..still delay Life's instant business to a future day.

  出自：Pope

• As the tender ash delays To clothe herself, when all the woods are green.

  出自：Tennyson

• Mozart had works complete in his head, and delayed writing them down until the last possible minute.

  出自：A. C. Boult

他因没有及早回信而向她表示歉意。

误 He apologized to her for the delay to reply to a letter.

误 He apologized to her for the delay of replying to a letter.

正 He apologized to her for the delay in replying to a letter.

析 delay可接“in+动名词”,但不可接动词不定式或“of+动名词”。