Delay

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

(noun.) time during which some action is awaited; 'instant replay caused too long a delay'; 'he ordered a hold in the action'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) act later than planned, scheduled, or required; 'Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered'.

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• To-morrow, loveliest and best, hope and joy of my life, to-morrow I will see thee--Fool, to dream of a moment's delay! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• This accident caused some delay, but the other tubes were in the meantime progressing, and the completed bridge was opened for public traffic on the 21st of October, 1850. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• On the 12th of February I ordered Thomas to take Dalton and hold it, if possible; and I directed him to move without delay. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Delay an instant: lean on me, Jane. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I said nothing about this difficulty until Sir Percival had been consulted on the subject of the desired delay. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Do not suppose, however, that I wish to dictate happiness to you, or that a delay on your part would cause me any serious uneasiness. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Many, already smitten, went home only to die: some died at the school, and were buried quietly and quickly, the nature of the malady forbidding delay. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• By a most fortunate chance his leaving Highbury had been delayed so as to bring him to her assistance at this critical moment. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Altogether, on the Isthmus and on the Pacific side, we were delayed six weeks. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I had been delayed at a case, and it was a little after half-past six when I found myself in Baker Street once more. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• She had understood it was to be delayed till Colonel Campbell's return. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• And in the same interests, if the coming of the physician is delayed, I will enter it again. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• It is a forlorn hope at the best, and not much the forlorner for being delayed till dark. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• I don't know what would have happened, Walter, said my mother, if you had delayed much longer. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He knew he should have to go slowly, and the instincts of his race fitted him to suffer rebuffs and put up with delays. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The addition of the salicylic acid delays secondary fermentation in stock and export beers, which may then be kept for any length of time without becoming unsound or of unpleasant flavor. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• These delays and disappointments are quite odious. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• He depended upon the country to gather his supplies, and so was not affected by delays. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Fresh doubts, fresh difficulties, fresh delays began to open before me in interminable prospect. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Day and night has been all the same, no delays being allowed on any account. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Shirley, in spite of her whims and oddities, her dodges and delays, has an infatuated fondness for him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• But I am delaying you. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• He was evidently relieved at finding any excuse for delaying the business formality in the library, to which his own words had referred. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The morning of the 12th opened foggy, delaying the start more than half an hour. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The Prussian monarchy was simply delaying the inevitable in order to seem to achieve it in Prussian fashion. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• At all events, what use was there in delaying? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Human society began, just as herds and droves begin among animals, by the family delaying its breaking up. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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