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delay
推迟，延期；延误，耽搁；（故意）拖延，磨蹭；延期，推迟；延误，耽搁；延迟器。
postpone
推迟，延缓；把……放在次要地位；把什么什么放在后面。
put off
推迟；扔掉；阻止；
例句:
① 这种病没法治，尽管药物可以延缓病情的发展。
There is no cure for the disease, although drugs can slow down its rate of development.
② 它们只能起到延缓的作用。
They just postpone them.
③ 这表明生活方式因素可能会有助于预防或延缓这种衰退。
This suggests the possibility that lifestyle factors might help prevent or delay this type of decline.
④ 这些发现表明，限制热量摄入也可以延缓衰老，延长人类寿命。
Those findings suggest that caloric restriction could delay ageing and increase longevity in humans, too.
⑤ 索尔特豪斯说：“随着时间的推移，我们通过跟踪个体对认知变化有了更深刻的认识，并可能找到延缓认知速度下降的方法。”
"By following individuals over time," Salthouse said, "we gain insight in cognition changes, and may possibly discover ways to slow the rate of decline."
⑥ 最近的一项研究表明，尽管人们普遍相信维生素 E 补充剂的功效，但在延缓退行性疾病发病方面，维生素 E 补充剂并比糖丸效果更好。
A recent study suggests that vitamin E supplements, despite widespread belief in their efficacy, are no better than sugar pills for delaying the onset of the degenerative disease.
⑦ 贸易额不佳延缓了我们的扩张计划。
Poor trading figures put back our plans for expansion.
⑧ 这与如何活得更久、延缓衰老、留住青春有关。
It is about living longer, being older later, and being younger longer.
