Vietnamese English Dictionary

Tiếng Việt - English

trì hoãn in English:

1. put off


The concert has been put off.
He put off reading newspapers until the evening.
Don't put off cleaning your room
Can we put off our classes?
The neighbour put off his dreams about his relax with beer.
Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow.
We are going to put off celebrating our anniversary until June.
Do you believe in the saying "never put off until tomorrow that which you can do today"?
I get put off by a lot of work
I know a lot of people are put off by it.
Even though he had failed his driving test nine times, John wasn't put off and applied to take it again.
But plenty of people are happy to smoke for years, and put off worrying about the health risks for the future.
procrastinate = To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness.
He had to put off his dental appointment until the next day because of a business meeting.
The teacher had to put off the class till the following week.

2. to postpone


I'd like to postpone our meeting.
Would it be possible to postpone the party till next week?
I no longer want to postpone anything in life.
I'm afraid I have to postpone this conference till next month.

English word "trì hoãn"(to postpone) occurs in sets:

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