1. admit of no delay : 刻不容緩；
2. without delay : 毫不遲延地；
及物動(dòng)詞
1. The accident delayed the train for two hours.
事故使火車耽擱了兩小時(shí)。
2. The letter was delayed three days by the train accident.
這次火車事故使這封信耽擱了三天。
不及物動(dòng)詞
1. It's getting late; don't delay.
時(shí)間已晚，別再耽誤了。
名詞
1. Heavy fog is causing serious delays of all incoming flights.
濃霧造成了降落班機(jī)嚴(yán)重的誤點(diǎn)。
2. My doctor advised me to give up smoking without delay.
我的醫(yī)生勸我立即戒煙。
點(diǎn)菜
A：Are you ready to order now, sir?
先生，你準(zhǔn)備點(diǎn)菜嗎？
B：Yes, I am. I'd like some wine and roast duck.
是的。我想要些酒和烤鴨。
A：Roast duck. There will be a slight delay for that.
烤鴨。那會(huì)稍微慢一點(diǎn)。
delay
B：How long?
多久？
A：About forty minutes, I think.
我想大約40分鐘。
B：OK, please. I'll order something else at first.
好的，來(lái)一份。我先點(diǎn)別的東西。
旅行安排1
A：Could you give me some information on your European tours?
你可以給我一些你們經(jīng)辦的有關(guān)歐洲旅行的資料嗎？
B：Our pleasure.We have several package tours you may choose, from ten days to three weeks in Europe.
好的。我們有幾套歐洲旅游計(jì)劃選擇，時(shí)間從10天到3個(gè)星期。
A：I would be interested in a ten-day trip around Christmas time.
我有興趣在圣誕節(jié)前后去玩10天。
B：I have one ten-day tour that is still available. It will depart from New York on Dec. 24.
我們一個(gè)10天的旅行團(tuán)還有空位，12月24號(hào)離開紐約。
A：What is the cost?
費(fèi)用是多少？
B：The price for one person for a ten-day tour is only $ 1088, which includes round-trip airfare.
十日游每人只要1088美元。這個(gè)費(fèi)用包括來(lái)回機(jī)票。
A：That sounds reasonable. Let me think it over. And I'll call you back to make reservations.
聽起來(lái)價(jià)錢還算公道。讓我考慮一下，我會(huì)再打電話預(yù)定。
delay的解釋
B：OK. But don't delay too long. Or that trip will be all booked.
好，但不要拖太久，否則會(huì)訂滿的。
1. delay的翻譯
1. 耽擱：W.)探討了教室的擁擠給學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)帶來(lái)的影響,認(rèn)為教室的擁擠會(huì)導(dǎo)致學(xué)生耽擱(delay)、拒絕(denial)、阻斷(interruption)以及分心(distraction)等體驗(yàn). 索利斯(Thouless,H.)的研究表明,班級(jí)規(guī)模與教學(xué)內(nèi)容和教學(xué)組織形式有關(guān),
2. delay：dly; 延遲
1. 使延期;使延遲;推遲
If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
e.g. For sentimental reasons I wanted to delay my departure until June...
因?yàn)楦星榉矫娴脑颍蚁氚央x開的日期延遲至6月。
e.g. They had delayed having children, for the usual reason, to establish their careers...
為了那個(gè)通常的原因——?jiǎng)?chuàng)立自己的事業(yè)，他們推遲了要孩子。
2. 使延誤;使耽擱
To delay someone or something means to make them late or to slow them down.
e.g. Can you delay him in some way?...
你能想辦法拖住他一會(huì)兒?jiǎn)幔?br /> e.g. Various setbacks and problems delayed production...
各種各樣的挫折和問題耽擱了生產(chǎn)進(jìn)度。
3. （故意）拖延，磨蹭
If you delay, you deliberately take longer than necessary to do something.
e.g. If he delayed any longer, the sun would be up.
如果他再拖延，太陽(yáng)就要出來(lái)了。
4. 延期;延遲;推遲
If there is a delay, something does not happen until later than planned or expected.
e.g. They claimed that such a delay wouldn't hurt anyone...
他們聲稱這樣的延期對(duì)誰(shuí)都不會(huì)造成損害。
e.g. Although the tests have caused some delay, flights should be back to normal this morning.
雖然檢測(cè)造成了一定的延遲，不過今天早上航班就應(yīng)該能恢復(fù)正常了。
5. 延誤;耽擱
Delay is a failure to do something immediately or in the required or usual time.
delay是什么意思
e.g. There is no time left for delay...
已經(jīng)沒有時(shí)間再耽誤了。
e.g. We'll send you a quote without delay.
我們會(huì)立刻送一份報(bào)價(jià)給你。