GbEng
船搁浅了--这河口的水比我们想像的要浅. The ship has touched bottom the estuary must be shallower than we thought.
我只耽搁你几分钟。 I'll only keep you a few minutes.
兴建新剧院的计画因资金短缺只好搁置起来. The plans for a new theatre have had to be shelved because of lack of money.
我对耽搁时间很反感. I hate delays/to be delayed/being delayed.
把路上的耽搁算进去, 你要用半小时才能到车站. It will take you half an hour to get to the station, allowing for traffic delays.
决议被搁置。 The decision was set aside.
他预知自己的旅程会被恶劣天气耽搁。 He foresaw that his journey would be delayed by bad weather.
委员会的事务因程序上有困难而耽搁了. The business of the committee was delayed by procedural difficulties.
那船牢牢地搁浅在沙洲上. The ship stuck fast on the bar.
大雨耽搁了我们的行程。 The heavy rain delayed our journey.
这件要事不容耽搁，我们必须现在谈谈。 This important matter brooks no delay. We must talk about it now.
我们大家可以一起走--假定其他人不耽搁的话. We can all leave together assuming (that) the others aren't late.
我想把的房子扩建一下，但我的抵押已经全部用完，因此我不得不搁数年再说了。 I would like to build an extension to my house, but I'm up to the hilt on my mortgage so I'll have to leave it a few years.
该请愿书奉命暂搁一边，以后讨论。 The petition was ordered to lie on the table.
把酒搁在架子上放一个星期好让它澄清。 Leave the wine on a shelf for a week to settle it.
彼得将他的那部新小说搁置了一年，与此同时，他给杂志撰写一些稿件以便赚点钱用。 Peter set his new novel aside for a year while he wrote some magazine articles to make a bit of money.