postponed(形容词/过去分词):被推迟的;延期的。常用于说明会议、活动、决定等未按原计划进行,而改到更晚的时间。(原形:postpone)
/pəˈspoʊnd/
The meeting was postponed until Monday.
会议被推迟到周一。
Due to severe weather, the concert was postponed, disrupting travel plans and forcing the organizers to reschedule everything at the last minute.
由于恶劣天气,音乐会被延期,打乱了出行计划,并迫使组织者在最后一刻重新安排所有事项。
postpone 来自拉丁语 postponere:post-(在……之后)+ ponere(放置),字面意思是“把某事放到后面”,因此引申为“推迟、延期”。postponed 是其过去式/过去分词形式,用来描述“已被推迟”的状态。