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postpone 指将做某事开始的时间向后“延迟”、“推迟”，多指主观有意的延迟。 put off 用法相当于 postpone，两者常可以替换 Don’t put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事今日毕。 delay 多指因外界客观原因引起的“推迟”或“耽误”， 可表示主观上有意推迟进 held up 用法相当于 delay，两者常可以替换。 I am sorry for being late because I was delayed / held up by heavy traffic. defer 指由于某种原因必须推迟进行某事。也可故意拖延，语气强于 postpone。 This matter must be finished as quickly as possible, so you’d better defer your departure for a week. detain 指由于某种原因使某人滞留，走不了而耽搁、延迟。 The heavy traffic detained us for half an hour.拥挤的交通使我们耽搁了半个小时。
ascend 指物体的“上升”、“升高”；也可指不用手的“攀登”、“登高” △ 名词是 ascent descend “下降” 指物体的“下降”，也可指人从高处往低处下来。△ 名词是 descent / decent 体面的
preserve 指使不受破坏，能长久保存下去。 The
ancient Egyptians knew of means to preserve dead bodies from decay（古埃及人懂得如何保存尸体以防腐烂。）the preservation of the status
quo维持现状 Our ultimate goal was to preserve and maintain the 我们的最终目标是保持和维护艾塞克斯豪斯的历史完整性和历史建筑，并在酒店中整合JW品牌闻名世界的服务、设计与周到的便利设施。 conserve 强调对有价值的东西珍惜，合理使用，常用于保护资源和野生动。There is an urgent need to educate people to conserve every drop of water, since our water resource is very limited.（目前迫切需要教育民众节约每一滴水，因为我们的水资源十分有限。） reserve n.保存，储备，储存；[商]准备金，公积金；预备品；储藏量vt.储备；保留；预约vi.预订adj.保留的；预备的 。指事先预留下来以备后用Every month a fixed
amount of money should be reserved so that we
can fall back on it in case of emergence.（每月要留出一定金额的钱，万一出现紧急情况，我们能依靠这笔钱。）这三个动词都含“保存”、“保留”的意思 servevt.& vi.（为…）服务；任（职）；提供；端上vt.招待；（为…）工作；对…有用；向…供应vi.适合；服役；供职；[网球、羽毛球]发球n.网球等发球；发球权；所发的球 And it was only after that ill-starred ipo that people began asking--in earnest and at full volume--how the company couldpossibly make money on mobile platforms, where it is nearly impossible to serve ads. 那次不幸的IPO之后，人们开始郑重其事地大声发问：移动平台几乎没办法提供广告服务，这家公司到底怎样赚钱？ migrate “迁移”、“移居”、“迁徙”、“移栖”，指人或动物因生活条件变异从一地迁往另一地，其名词是migration。 These birds migrate northwards
in spring and southwards in fall. (这些鸟春天向北迁徙,秋天向南迁徙。) immigrate “移入”，“移居”，指从外国移入，移居入境，作为移民定居。immigrant “移民”，指自外国移入的移民。My ancestor immigrated to emigrate “移出”，尤指移居外国。He wanted
to emigrate oversea but
he failed the interview at the embassy. （他想移民海外,但没有通过大使馆的面试。）transplant “移植”，指器官移植或植物的移种，也可表示“迁移”、“”
Doctors want to transplant a human kidney into the patient tomorrow. （明天医生要为病人进行肾移植上述手手术。） prominent[英][?pr?m?n?nt] adj.突出的，杰出的；突起的；著名的，重要的
promissory[英]['pr?m?s?r?] adj.应允的，承诺的，约定的Promissory check 期票promissory not 本票 |
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