基本释义
- v.
- （使）耽搁，延误( delay的第三人称单数 ); 推迟; 使延期; 使延迟
实用例句
Several of the delays were caused by the new high-tech baggage system.
几次延误都是由新的高科技行李传送系统造成的。
柯林斯例句
We were not able to meet the deadline because of manufacturing delays.
因为制造方面的延误，我们没能赶上最后期限。
柯林斯例句
Diplomats believe that bureaucratic delays are inevitable.
外交官们认为繁文缛节造成的延迟是在所难免的。
柯林斯例句
I found the delays intensely frustrating.
我觉得这些延误极其令人沮丧.
《简明英汉词典》
The delays maddened him.
一再拖延使他大发脾气.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
Many holidaymakers had avoided the worst of the delays by consulting tourist offices.
许多度假者通过咨询旅游局避免了那些最严重的延误情况。
柯林斯例句
Even this was remarkable, considering that she had had so many delays.
但考虑到路上的多次耽搁,这个成绩也已很不容易了.
新概念英语第三册
While the inclination to procrastinate is common, one must fully consider the detrimental impact of unnecessary delays.
虽然拖延的倾向是普遍的, 但是人们应该充分考虑到不必要的延误造成的有害影响.
《简明英汉词典》
We are sorry to be late with the goods, but we came up against some unexpected delays.
很抱歉货送晚了, 我们遇到了一些意外情况给耽搁了.
《简明英汉词典》
We'd better start earlier. We should allow for traffic delays.
我们还是早些动身为好. 我们要考虑到路上交通会有耽搁.
辞典例句
You'd better start earlier , you should allow for the traffic delays.
考虑到交通上的耽搁, 你最好早点出发.
辞典例句
The companies were greatly inconvenienced by the postal delays.
邮件延误给这些公司造成极大不便.
辞典例句
Heavy fog is causing serious delays of all incoming flights.
浓雾造成了降落班机严重的误点.
辞典例句
Sometimes cumbersome procedures at customs offices create delays.
有时,海关的复杂手续造成拖拉现象.
辞典例句
After many delays, we arrived at last in London.
我们经多次耽搁后, 终于到达伦敦.
辞典例句
真题例句
The Texas A&M Travel Institute found that rush-hour travelers spent extra 42 hours on the road last year because of travel delays.
2017年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section AAfter being dogged by technical delays for years, sir Richard Branson, virgin Galactic's founder, had recently suggested that a Spaceship Two craft would carry its first paying customers as soon as February 2015.
2015年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section CPlagued by long delays, perpetual mismanagement, and ever saw ring costs, the airport has become something of a joke among Germans and a source of frustration for local politicians, business leaders and residents alike.
2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section CThe longer the delays continued, the more problems inspectors found.
2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section CThis can create unnecessary delays as you hold meetings trying to achieve consensus.
2019年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section CTo compound the delays, the unused airport is resulting in massive costs.
2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section COne survey found that bureaucratic delays led the average H-2A worker to arrive on the job 22 days late.
2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ