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does anyone know what different between postpone and delay?

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鲜花(362) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2009-6-4 11:52 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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When I write a report, some project were postponed/delayed? what is the different?
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发表于 2009-6-4 17:32 | 显示全部楼层
They certainly have similar meanings, but they are not interchangeable in many cases.0 m" a2 G8 N. X) u8 K
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If something will be pushed back in time by a few hours, it's delayed. For example, weather can delay the departure of a plane.& d1 z3 _3 J' y( n

6 {' h2 Q4 z. y. {" L; `) E; uWhen something is pushed back to a specific date, days or even weeks later, it's postponed. A business meeting might be postponed because one of the key people got called out of town.
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% J6 t* o/ n+ i. B& x8 Z& j5 Q. tOn the other hand, something like a product that is supposed to be released can be "delayed" (not postponed) for months.
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发表于 2009-6-5 17:35 | 显示全部楼层
又学到了有用的词汇知识!
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发表于 2009-6-6 22:35 | 显示全部楼层
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They certainly have similar meanings, but they are not interchangeable in many cases./ r, f9 Q% d7 j

$ E- I. O+ {) n/ V- t) u6 j6 i# sIf something will be pushed back in time by a few hours, it's delayed. For example, weather can delay the depar ...9 P( T  a! ~* Q% s7 n
Xbfeng 发表于 2009-6-4 17:32

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WELL EXPLAINED
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 楼主| 发表于 2009-6-8 16:09 | 显示全部楼层
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发表于 2009-6-20 23:48 | 显示全部楼层
感觉是从上级那里来DELAY,都是POSTPONE,下级那里来的就成了DELAY了。因为有人可以BLAME了。哈哈。。。
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