put off

1.延期,拖延

2.辩解,遁辞,推诿

1.to delay doing something, especially because you do not want to do it

2.to change the time or date of something so that it happens later than originally planned, especially because of a problem

3.to tell someone that you cannot see them or do something until a later time

4.to prevent someone from concentrating on something so that they have difficulty doing it; to stop someone from thinking clearly

5.to stop a car, bus, etc. and let someone get out of it

6.to make someone not want to do something, or to make someone not like someone or something