defer

1. V-T If you defer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time. 推遲

Customers often defer payment for as long as possible. 顧客們經(jīng)常盡可能地推遲付款。

2. V-I If you defer to someone, you accept their opinion or do what they want you to do, even when you do not agree with it yourself, because you respect them or their authority. 聽從; 服從

Doctors are encouraged to defer to experts. 鼓勵(lì)毉生們聽從專家的意見。