～+名詞

•  delay a settlement of the question 推遲解決問題
•  delay answering the letter  推遲答復
• delay dinner 推遲宴會
•  delay one's departure 延誤某人啟程
•  delay one's marriage 推遲結婚
• delay one's plan 延誤計劃
• delay one's trip 耽誤某人的旅行
• delay one's work 耽誤工作
• delay the appointment 推遲任命
•   delay the discussion on sth 推遲討論某事
• delay the flight 延誤航班
• delay the game 推遲比賽
• delay the outbreak of the war  推遲戰爭的爆發
• delay treatment 延誤治療

～+副詞

• delay disappointingly 失望地延誤
•   delay heartbreakingly 痛心地耽誤
• delay immeasurably 無限地延期
• delay injuriously 有害地延誤
• delay painfully 痛苦地延誤
• delay seriously 嚴重耽誤
• delay slightly 稍稍推遲
• delay unaccountably 莫名其妙地延期
• delay unfortunately 不幸地延誤
• delay unreasonably  不合理地延長
• delay uselessly 沒必要地延期

～+介詞

• delay for an hour 推遲一小時
• delay for some time  推遲一段時間
• delay until 在…前交貨

動詞+～

• avoid delay 避免耽擱
• cause delay 造成延誤

形容詞+～

• great delay 嚴重的耽擱
• long delay 長期拖延
• serious delay 嚴重的延誤
• unnecessary delay 不必要的耽擱
• unreasonable delay  無故的拖延

介詞+～

•  after several delays 幾經耽擱
• owing to postal delays 由于郵遞的耽擱
• without delay 不延遲地,立即
• without the least delay 毫不延遲地

～+介詞

• delay in delivery 延期交貨
• delay in payment 延期支付
• delay of two hours 兩小時的拖延