大家好,欢迎来的饼哥英语的频道,今天我们分享一个非常有用且地道的表达——push back, 这个短语有“推回去”,的含义,但是我们今天学习它的另一个常用含义:
push sth back 拖延,推迟
The target date for construction has been pushed back.
目标中的修建日期被推迟了。
They decided to push back the release date of their war film as a sign of respect to the victims of the attack.
他们决定推迟战争电影的上映日期,作为对受到袭击的受害者的一种尊重。
We've pushed this product back too much already—I want it out and in people's hands by the first of May, come hell or high water!
我们这个产品已经拖延很久了,我想在5月1号的时候就让他出现在人们手中,不论有什么困难。
We should push back the deadline so that we have more time to work on the project.
我们应该推迟截止日期,这样的话我们就有更多的时间做项目了。
They pushed the meeting back to Thursday because two of the directors were sick.
他们把会议推迟到周四,因为其中的两个主管生病了。