学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3552 postponement

 今天我们要学的词是 postponement¹. Postponement is spelled P-O-S-T-P-O-N-E-M-E-N-T, postponement.

 

Postponement 的意思是延期。Athletes and sporting federations² from around the world reacted with a mixture of sadness, relief and goodwill³ to the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games because of the coronavirus pandemic. 2020年东京奥运会由于冠状病毒大流行而延期举行，世界各地的运动员和体育协会对此表示难过，但同时也感到如释重负，并表达了祝愿。

 

Michigan's governor Gretchen Whitmer ordered the temporary postponement of all nonessential medical procedures in hospitals, medical care providers and dental facilities until the end of the COVID-19 state of emergency. 密歇根州州长惠特默下令当地医院、医护人员和牙科诊所暂时将所有非必要的医疗程序推迟到冠状病毒紧急状态结束。

 

好的，我们今天学习的词是postponement, postponement, postponement.

1 postponement   

n.推迟

参考例句：

• He compounded with his creditors for a postponement of payment. 他与债权人达成协议延期付款。
• Rain caused the postponement of several race-meetings. 几次赛马大会因雨延期。

2 federations   

n.联邦( federation的名词复数 )；同盟；联盟；联合会

参考例句：

• These problems are women's special problems and special work of women's federations. 这样的问题，就是妇女的特殊问题，就是妇联的特殊工作。 来自互联网
• The Bridge Federate is a feasible solution to achieve multi-federations interconnection. 基于桥接成员实现多联邦互连是目前较为通用和可行的方法。 来自互联网

3 goodwill   

n.善意，亲善，信誉，声誉

参考例句：

• His heart is full of goodwill to all men.他心里对所有人都充满着爱心。
• We paid ￡10,000 for the shop,and ￡2000 for its goodwill.我们用一万英镑买下了这家商店，两千英镑买下了它的信誉。