deferment 英 [dɪ'fɜ:mənt]   美 [dɪˈfɚmənt]

deferment

deferment  英 [dɪ'fɜ:mənt] 美 [dɪˈfɚmənt]

n. 延期;迁延 

名词复数:deferments 

I was a farm boy and at the time I would have had a deferment from the draft as an only farm son. 我是一个农场男孩,那时候作为仅有的一个农场男孩我可以得到延期。
And we feel the Xayaburi consultation process right now should be halted in order to allow that 10 year deferment so people can understand the Mekong River better. 我们认为,沙耶武里电站计划的协商程序现在应该暂停,让民众利用这10年时间加深对湄公河的了解。

  • A deferment delays something until a future time. If you want to wait a few years before paying off a loan, you need to ask for a deferment.
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  • n. 延期;迁延
  • 1. I was a farm boy and at the time I would have had a deferment from the draft as an only farm son.

    我是一个农场男孩,那时候作为仅有的一个农场男孩我可以得到延期。

  • 2. And we feel the Xayaburi consultation process right now should be halted in order to allow that 10 year deferment so people can understand the Mekong River better.

    我们认为,沙耶武里电站计划的协商程序现在应该暂停,让民众利用这10年时间加深对湄公河的了解。

  • 3. But civil-liberties groups and legal experts argue that such a deferment, which could be renewed indefinitely, would mean giving in to Mr Bashir’s blackmail.

    但是,推迟期满后,起诉可以再被推迟一年,这样无限期的拖延下去。 民权组织和法学专家认为推迟起诉是对巴希尔的讹诈屈服。

  • deferment (n.) 1610s, from defer (v.1) + -ment. As a word for "conditional exemption from a military draft" it dates to 1918, American English.
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