The museum decided to postpone the exhibition opening until the new climate-control system was fully installed.
博物馆决定将展览开幕推迟到新的气候控制系统完全安装好之后。
Which choice best defines “postpone”?
D — To delay something until a later time. “postpone” means to delay something until a later time.
Which word means “to delay something until a later time”?
C — postpone. “postpone” means to delay something until a later time.
postpone — to delay something until a later time. In Chinese: 推迟.
postpone is pronounced /poʊstˈpoʊn/.
The museum decided to postpone the exhibition opening until the new climate-control system was fully installed. (博物馆决定将展览开幕推迟到新的气候控制系统完全安装好之后。)
defer, delay, shelve — all close in meaning to postpone (to delay something until a later time).
advance, expedite — each the opposite of postpone (to delay something until a later time).
Yes. postpone is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.