1. admit of no delay : 刻不容缓；
2. without delay : 毫不迟延地；
及物动词
1. The accident delayed the train for two hours.
事故使火车耽搁了两小时。
2. The letter was delayed three days by the train accident.
这次火车事故使这封信耽搁了三天。
不及物动词
1. It's getting late; don't delay.
时间已晚，别再耽误了。
名词
1. Heavy fog is causing serious delays of all incoming flights.
浓雾造成了降落班机严重的误点。
2. My doctor advised me to give up smoking without delay.
我的医生劝我立即戒烟。
点菜
A：Are you ready to order now, sir?
先生，你准备点菜吗？
B：Yes, I am. I'd like some wine and roast duck.
是的。我想要些酒和烤鸭。
A：Roast duck. There will be a slight delay for that.
烤鸭。那会稍微慢一点。
delay
B：How long?
多久？
A：About forty minutes, I think.
我想大约40分钟。
B：OK, please. I'll order something else at first.
好的，来一份。我先点别的东西。
旅行安排1
A：Could you give me some information on your European tours?
你可以给我一些你们经办的有关欧洲旅行的资料吗？
B：Our pleasure.We have several package tours you may choose, from ten days to three weeks in Europe.
好的。我们有几套欧洲旅游计划选择，时间从10天到3个星期。
A：I would be interested in a ten-day trip around Christmas time.
我有兴趣在圣诞节前后去玩10天。
B：I have one ten-day tour that is still available. It will depart from New York on Dec. 24.
我们一个10天的旅行团还有空位，12月24号离开纽约。
A：What is the cost?
费用是多少？
B：The price for one person for a ten-day tour is only $ 1088, which includes round-trip airfare.
十日游每人只要1088美元。这个费用包括来回机票。
A：That sounds reasonable. Let me think it over. And I'll call you back to make reservations.
听起来价钱还算公道。让我考虑一下，我会再打电话预定。
delay的解释
B：OK. But don't delay too long. Or that trip will be all booked.
好，但不要拖太久，否则会订满的。
1. delay的翻译
1. 耽搁：W.)探讨了教室的拥挤给学生学习带来的影响,认为教室的拥挤会导致学生耽搁(delay)、拒绝(denial)、阻断(interruption)以及分心(distraction)等体验. 索利斯(Thouless,H.)的研究表明,班级规模与教学内容和教学组织形式有关,
2. delay：dly; 延迟
1. 使延期;使延迟;推迟
If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
e.g. For sentimental reasons I wanted to delay my departure until June...
因为感情方面的原因，我想把离开的日期延迟至6月。
e.g. They had delayed having children, for the usual reason, to establish their careers...
为了那个通常的原因——创立自己的事业，他们推迟了要孩子。
2. 使延误;使耽搁
To delay someone or something means to make them late or to slow them down.
e.g. Can you delay him in some way?...
你能想办法拖住他一会儿吗？
e.g. Various setbacks and problems delayed production...
各种各样的挫折和问题耽搁了生产进度。
3. （故意）拖延，磨蹭
If you delay, you deliberately take longer than necessary to do something.
e.g. If he delayed any longer, the sun would be up.
如果他再拖延，太阳就要出来了。
4. 延期;延迟;推迟
If there is a delay, something does not happen until later than planned or expected.
e.g. They claimed that such a delay wouldn't hurt anyone...
他们声称这样的延期对谁都不会造成损害。
e.g. Although the tests have caused some delay, flights should be back to normal this morning.
虽然检测造成了一定的延迟，不过今天早上航班就应该能恢复正常了。
5. 延误;耽搁
Delay is a failure to do something immediately or in the required or usual time.
delay是什么意思
e.g. There is no time left for delay...
已经没有时间再耽误了。
e.g. We'll send you a quote without delay.
我们会立刻送一份报价给你。