缓期的英文：
postpone a deadline; suspend
- Respite a sentence.
缓期执行。 - Reprieve a condemned prisoner
缓期执行已决犯的死刑. - When the rent was due, the poor man pleaded for more time
应付租金了，那穷汉恳求缓期付款。 - A temporary immunity or exemption; a reprieve.
宽恕;赦免临时性的豁免或免除;缓期,暂减 - He applied to the bank for a delay of payment.
他向银行申请缓期付款。 - The judge pronounced to reprieve a condemned prisoner.
法官宣布缓期执行被判罪囚犯的刑罚。
v. 使延期；延迟；把...放在后面
- The match was postponed on account of the weather.
基于天气关系，比赛延期进行。 - They postponed sending an answer to the request.
他们推迟了对这一请求的答复。 - In the event of rain, the game will be postponed.
要是下雨，球赛就延期。
n. 截止期限，最后期限
- Holy cow! the deadline be come up.
我的天！截止日期快到了。 - An agreement that provides deadlines for completion of the work.
一个规定工作完成期限的合约 - Indispensable and demand task (with a pressing deadline)
硬任务
v. 悬挂；悬浮；暂停
- suspending sirup
悬浮糖浆剂 - The light was suspended from the ceiling.
灯是吊在天花板上的。 - To cease or suspend an action temporarily.
暂停，中止暂时性的停止或终止某一行动
