4周搞定2000+托福核心词
dedicate = de(表加强) + dic(说) + ate(表动词) = 一再说明自己的决心→努力献身
dedication = de(表加强) + dic(说) + ation(表名词) = 奉献；投入；献词
relay = re(向后) + lay(拖延) = 留给后面→传递
拖延→耽搁；延迟
delay
常考释义
In Europe it took a little longer, mainly because there were more small producers for whom the costs of sound were prohibitive, and in other parts of the world problems with rights or access to equipment delayed the shift to sound production for a few more years (though cinemas in major cities may have been wired in order to play foreign sound films).
欧洲耗时更久一些，这主要因为很多小生产商无法负担的音效成本，另一部分原因是专利权和许可设备配备问题使得声音制作的转换推迟了几年（尽管很多大城市的电影院可能为了播放国外的有声电影配备了设备）。
来源于：阅读OFFICIAL12 P2vt. 推迟；使延期；使延迟
We decided to delay our departure.
我们决定推迟动身日期。
the decision to delay the meeting
将会议延期的决定
Every moment you delay gives Cersei another moment to prepare.
您每耽搁一秒就给瑟曦多一秒时间准备。
来自《冰与火之歌：权力的游戏 第1季第7集》
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In Europe it took a little longer, mainly because there were more small producers for whom the costs of sound were prohibitive, and in other parts of the world problems with rights or access to equipment delayed the shift to sound production for a few more years (though cinemas in major cities may have been wired in order to play foreign sound films).
欧洲耗时更久一些，这主要因为很多小生产商无法负担的音效成本，另一部分原因是专利权和许可设备配备问题使得声音制作的转换推迟了几年（尽管很多大城市的电影院可能为了播放国外的有声电影配备了设备）。
来源于：阅读OFFICIAL12 P2vt. 耽搁；延误
A hold-up on the motorway delayed me.
我因为高速公路上发生交通阻塞耽搁了时间。
Bad weather delayed the train for two hours.
恶劣的天气致使火车延误了两个小时。
Can you delay him in some way?
你能想法拖住他一会儿吗？
and I expected to fully complete all the exams by midnight or so, which is the time that I usually go to bed, but my flight was delayed, and I ended up not getting in until one o’clock in the morning.
赶在午夜我平时休息的时间全部完成批改，但是我的航班延误了，直到凌晨1点钟才到。
来源于：听力OFFICIAL2 L3vi. 耽搁；拖延
Don't delay too long.
别拖太长时间。
Don't delay, write in now.
别拖了，现在就写吧。
and delay the soldiers as long as they can. Come.
尽可能地拖延他们 走吧
来自《亚特兰蒂斯 第1季第13集》
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n. 推迟；延缓；延误
There will be delays to trains on the London-Brighton line.
伦敦至布赖顿线的火车将会推迟发车。
There is no time left for delay.
没有时间再拖了。
an indefinite delay on plans to abolish duty-free shopping
无限期延迟取消免税商店的计划
We'll send you a quote without delay.
我们会马上把报价发给你。
They wanted a delay in introducing the new law.
他们想延期出台这项新的法律。
Bad weather caused delays on most flights.
恶劣的天气导致绝大多数航班延误。
I'm sick and weary of all this doubt and delay.
我已经厌倦了迟疑和耽搁。
来自《看不见的女人》
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vi. 拖拉；磨蹭
If he delayed any longer, the sun would be up.
如果他再磨蹭，太阳就要出来了。
n. 耽搁的时间
A delay of 300 minutes could mean severe damage to heart muscles, sometimes irreparable.
耽搁300分钟可能意味着对心肌造成严重损坏，有时甚至是无法修复的。
There's at least a three-second delay in the `live pictures' reaching your TV screens.
“现场画面”传送到电视屏幕至少有三秒的延迟。
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