English Dictionary

defer

IPA（発音記号）

/dɪˈfɜː(ɹ)/

動詞

自動詞 他動詞

(transitive, intransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority. / To render, to offer.

日本語の意味

（他人の判断や権威に対して）敬意を表して従う、服従する / 提供する、差し出す

After hearing the experts' recommendations, the committee decided to defer to their judgment.

専門家の勧告を聞いた後、委員会は彼らの判断に従うことに決めた。

意味（1）

(transitive, intransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.

Hereupon the commissioners […] deferred the matter to the Earl of Northumberland.

意味（2）

To render, to offer.

worship deferred to the Virgin

defers （ present singular third-person ）

deferring （ participle present ）

deferred （ participle past ）

deferred （ past ）