"Postpone" 是延迟做某事的常用说法。它来自拉丁语 "postponere"，意思是把某事推迟到以后。
例句：
Let's postpone the meeting until next week. (我们把会议推迟到下周吧。)
I'm afraid I'll have to postpone my vacation. (恐怕我得把假期推迟。)
The concert has been postponed due to bad weather. (由于天气原因，音乐会被推迟了。)
另外，也可以用 "defer" 来表示延迟做某事，它来自拉丁语 "deferre"，意思是延期，推迟。
例句：
The company decided to defer the project until next year. (公司决定把项目推迟到明年。)
The professor suggested that we should defer our discussion until the next class. (教授建议我们把讨论推迟到下次课。)
We'll defer our decision until we have more information. (我们会把决定推迟到有更多信息之后。)