defer

1. V-T If you defer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time. 推迟

Customers often defer payment for as long as possible. 顾客们经常尽可能地推迟付款。

2. V-I If you defer to someone, you accept their opinion or do what they want you to do, even when you do not agree with it yourself, because you respect them or their authority. 听从; 服从

Doctors are encouraged to defer to experts. 鼓励医生们听从专家的意见。