c. 1500, from Latin postponere "put after; esteem less; neglect; postpone," from post "after" (see post-) + ponere "put, place" (see position (n.)). Related: Postponed; postponing.
例文
1. I had to postpone ideas of a career and stay at home.
私は就職を見合わせることを余儀なくされ、家にいました。
2.Ministers are using delaying tactics to postpone the report yet again.
部長たちは再び遅延戦術を用いて報告の時間を遅らせた。
3.It is totally out of the question to postpone the midnight deadline.
真夜中の締め切りを遅らせることは全く不可能です。
4.He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day.
彼は探検を翌日に延期することにした。/
5.It won 't hurt to postpone the matter for a few days.