delay
US: /dɪˈɫeɪ/
UK: /dɪlˈeɪ/
UK: /dɪlˈeɪ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
delay /di'lei/
- danh từ
- sự chậm trễ; sự trì hoãn
- to act without delay: hành động không chậm trễ (không trì hoãn)
- điều làm trở ngại; sự cản trở
- sự chậm trễ; sự trì hoãn
- ngoại động từ
- làm chậm trễ
- hoãn lại (cuộc họp, chuyến đi...)
- làm trở ngại, cản trở
- to delay the traffic: làm trở ngại giao thông
- (kỹ thuật) ủ, ram (thép)
- nội động từ
- chậm trễ, lần lữa, kề cà
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [C] a period of time when sb/sth has to wait because of a problem that makes sth slow or late: Commuters will face long delays on the roads today. + We apologize for the delay in answering your letter. + a delay of two hours / a two-hour delay + Increased congestion and traffic delays are expected.
2 [C, U] a situation in which sth does not happen when it should; the act of delaying: There's no time for delay. + Report it to the police without delay (= immediately).
+ verb
1 to not do sth until a later time or to make sth happen at a later time: [VN] The judge will delay his verdict until he receives medical reports on the offender. + She's suffering a delayed reaction (= a reaction that did not happen immediately) to the shock. + [V -ing] He delayed telling her the news, waiting for the right moment. + [V] Don't delay-call us today! + We can't delay much longer.
2 [VN] to make sb late or force them to do sth more slowly: Thousands of commuters were delayed for over an hour. + The government is accused of using delaying tactics (= deliberately doing sth to delay a process, decision, etc.). + What could have delayed him?
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 postpone, put off or aside, defer, temporize, suspend, shelve, hold off or up (on), put on hold, hold in abeyance, put or keep in a holding pattern, pigeon-hole, put on ice, put in or into the deep-freeze, Colloq put on the back burner, Brit kick into touch, US hold off or up (on), table:
We shall delay our decision till next month.
2 hold up or back, detain, impede, hinder, retard, keep, bog down, set back, slow (up or down); stop, arrest, halt, check; obstruct:
Delivery of the mail has been delayed by the strike. We were delayed by traffic.
3 loiter, procrastinate, hesitate, poke or drag (along), tarry, wait, lag (behind), dawdle, hang back, stall, linger, dally, mark time, potter or US putter; vacillate; Colloq dilly-dally, shilly-shally, drag one's feet:
Stop delaying and get to work.
n.
4 postponement, deferral, deferment, wait, hold-up; set-back:
There will be a ten-day delay in paying the rent.
5 lull, interlude, hiatus, interruption, gap, interval, lacuna, stop, stoppage, wait, waiting, hold-up, suspension:
After an hour's delay, service was resumed.
6 tarrying, loitering, dawdling, Colloq dilly-dallying, shilly-shallying:
There should be no further delay in shipping the order.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
considerable, enormous, lengthy, long, major, serious, significant, substantial
After a considerable delay, the government has agreed to accept the recommendations.
| excessive, inordinate, undue, unnecessary
Undue delays have been caused by people not doing their jobs properly.
| inevitable, unavoidable | short, slight | unforeseen | frustrating | further | airport, flight, traffic, travel | time
There is a five-minute time delay on the bank's safe.
QUANT.
series
After a series of lengthy delays, the case finally came to court.
VERB + DELAY
be subject to
Flights to New York may be subject to delay.
| be plagued by, experience, face, suffer
Passengers have experienced long delays. The project has been plagued by delays.
| cause, lead to
The strike has led to some delays in train services.
| avoid, prevent, reduce
Please address your letters properly so as to reduce delays.
| apologize for
I apologize for the delay in replying to you.
DELAY + VERB
occur
Travellers complained about lack of information when travel delays occurred.
PREP.
without ~
Please send him the information without delay.
| ~ in
delays in getting to the airport
| ~ of
a delay of several weeks
| ~ to
further delays to the scheme
ADV.
seriously, significantly
Mellanby's arrival was seriously delayed by a late train. These drugs can significantly delay the onset of the disease.
| further | unduly | slightly, somewhat | inevitably, unavoidably | unaccountably | deliberately
Concise English dictionary
delays|delayed|delayingdɪ'leɪ
noun
+time during which some action is awaited
+the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
verb
+cause to be slowed down or delayed
+act later than planned, scheduled, or required
+stop or halt
+slow the growth or development of
