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delay in something
collocation
If there is a delay in something, you have to wait longer than expected for it to happen:
There has been a delay in the book's publication.该书的出版延期了。
There will be a delay in implementation of the new regulations.
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delay
We have been warned that there could be a two-week delay in receiving the promised funds.
The delay in the release of the prisoners only heightened tension between the two countries.
Delays in processing passport applications have caused chaos for people wanting to travel abroad.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Delaying and wasting time
ado
busywork
buy timeidiom
carry something over
dally
gridlock
inefficiency
inefficiently
kept
kick
kick something into the long grassidiom
push
retard
retardation
set someone back (something)
shelve
sit
sit on something
spin
stall
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