Do we stay late at the office to finish a memo, or put it off to the next day, so that we can have dinner with the family?

我们是在当天必须在办公室做一个小的备忘录，还是把它推迟到第二天，这样我们就可以和家人共进晚餐？

When there's a big task, it's understandable to put it off.

当一项任务量很大的时候，推迟是可以理解的。

The essay is the hardest thing to do, so he's put it off the longest.

论文是最难的，所以他拖延得最久。

Let's put it off for a couple of days.

这事缓几天再说。

Can we put it off till next day?

我们能把约会推迟到第二天吗？

Don't put it off until tomorrow.

不要把事情拖到明天。

I couldn't put it off any longer.

我不能再拖延了。

And if it is, you won't put it off.

假如是这样，你也就不会拖延了。

Yes — if Darcy does not put it off again.

是的，只要达西不再拖延。

I think we have to put it off till next week.

我想我们只得把这事推到下个星期了。

It'd be much better to put it off till tomorrow.

最好推迟到明天开。

If we didn't do this, I'd just put it off for weeks (or months).

如果我们没做，我就会把这事推迟几周甚至几个月。

I wrote to dad last night. I couldn't put it off any longer.

昨晚我给爸爸写信了，我不能再拖延了。

They don't want to put it off because it only causes more worry.

他们不想推迟这些事因为这样会使他们烦恼。

I wrote to my father last night. I couldn't put it off any longer.

我昨晚给父亲写信了，我不能再拖延了。

No, not exactly. Actually we just want to put it off until suppertime.

不，并不完全这样。实际上，我们只是想把它推迟到晚饭时间。

So for this year, I resolved to not put it off to the end of the Summer.

所以今年，我决心不再把事情推到活动结束的时候。

The problem is that most of us, and I fell into this trap too, put it off.

问题是大部分人，连我也陷进了这样的怪圈。

Don't put it off until the end of the day, when it will get pushed back until tomorrow.

不要一直把这件事拖到一天的最后，这很有可能会再被推到明天。

You can take that step today if you choose to, or you can put it off until another day.

你可以选择今天开始，或者推迟改日。

They know the day will likely come, but they're anxious to put it off as long as possible.

他们知道这一天或许已经到来了，但他们渴望把这一天尽可能的推迟。

If you do what you're excited about most of the time, you'll be less likely to put it off.

如果你做在大多数时间里都让自己兴奋的事，就不大可能会拖延。

You just need to sit down and do it, and not put it off. Here are the steps I'd recommend.

你所需要做的只是坐下来处理它，而不是推卸事情。

If they suspect that their work will be less than perfect they may be inclined to put it off.

如果他们觉得某个工作没办法做得那么完美就会倾向于推迟这个任务。

Kids don't like homework, don't see the value in it, and do everything they can to put it off.

孩子们不喜欢做作业，看不到作业的价值，他们唯一想做的就是推迟做作业的时间。

However, since I don't need that now, I can put it off to another day — when I might really need it.

但是，由于我现在不需要，所以我可以将它推迟到另外一天——我也许真的需要它的时候。

Many people are intimidated by publishing an ebook, or put it off for months (or years) because it seems too hard.

很多人被发行一本电子书给吓坏了，或者把它拖延上几个月(或者几年)仅仅因为它看起来太难了。

I was so afraid, you know, that something would happen to put it off, and then I should have gone quite distracted.

你知道，我真怕会发生什么意外，把婚期耽搁了，那我可真要发狂了。

When we dread something, we put it off — but instead, if we can learn to enjoy it, it won’t be as hard or dreadful.

恐惧某事时我们便拖延——反之，假如学会享受它，它便不会那么困难或让人恐惧。