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To defer something is to put it off until a later time. You do not cancel it; you move the date.
To defer somethingTo defer某件事 is to put it off until a later time就是把它延到之後再做。 You do not cancel it你不是取消它 you move the date只是把日期往後移
A school may defer your start by a year. A court may defer a decision. A payment can be deferred — you pay later, not now.
A school學校 may defer your start by a year可能會把你的入學時間延後一年。 A court法院 may defer a decision可能會延後一項判決。 A payment can be deferred一筆款項也可以被延後 — you pay later, not now你之後再付，不是現在付
It is a fairly formal word. In everyday talk people more often say delay, postpone, or put off. You will meet it in official letters, universities, and offices.
It is a fairly formal word這是一個相當正式的字。 In everyday talk在日常對話裡 people more often say人們比較常說 delay, postpone, or put offdelay、postpone，或put off。 You will meet it你會遇到這個字 in official letters, universities, and offices在正式信件、大學，還有辦公室裡
Though actually, the same spelling hides a second verb: to defer to someone, meaning you let their view win because you respect them. That other defer comes from a different Latin verb. This entry is the 'put it off' one.
Though actually不過事實上 the same spelling hides a second verb同樣的拼法還藏著第二個動詞： to defer to someoneto defer to someone meaning you let their view win because you respect them意思是因為你尊重對方，所以讓他們的意見勝出。 That other defer那個不同的defer comes from a different Latin verb來自另一個拉丁文動詞。 This entry is the 'put it off' one這個詞條講的是「延後」的那個意思
組成Originally a variant of differ, from Middle English differren (to postpone), from Old French differer, from Latin differō (to carry apart, to delay). Doublet of differ: they split from the same Latin verb. (A second English verb spelled defer, to yield to someone's judgement, comes from Latin dēferō.)
同家族的字
- differa doublet from the same Latin verb differō, later split into 'be unlike' and 'put off'
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
deferverb詞源 1/dɪˈfɜː/
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To delay or postpone.
- We're going to defer the decision until we have all the facts.
- Deferre the ſpoile of the Citie vntill night:
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To delay or postpone.
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American-footballball-gamesfootballAfter winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).
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To delay, to wait.
- God […] will not long defer / To vindicate the glory of his name
deferverb詞源 2/dɪˈfɜː/
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To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.
- Hereupon the commissioners […] deferred the matter to the Earl of Northumberland.
- "Defer/Defer/To the Lord High Executioner."
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To render, to offer.
- worship deferred to the Virgin
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。