1. be delayed: to make someone or
something late - use this especially about a problem or something unexpected
例：
The President's visit had to be delayed
because of security problems. （因為安保問題，總統(tǒng)的訪問行程得推后一下。）
The opening of the new bridge may be
delayed for several months. （新大橋得延遲幾個月通車。）
Mr Evans has been delayed but will be
joining us shortly. （伊萬先生有事遲了，但他很快會趕上我們的。）
Our plane was delayed by fog. （我們的航班因為大霧延誤了。）
I mustn't delay you any longer. （我不能再耽誤你的時間了。）
get delayed
There was an accident on the freeway and we
got delayed. （高速上出了事故，我們遲到了。）
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2. make somebody late: to delay
someone or something so that they arrive somewhere late
例：
make somebody late for
The accident made us late for work. （出了交通意外，導(dǎo)致我們上班遲到了。）
I'll let you go—I don't want to make you
late for your appointment. （我會放你走，我不想你約會遲到。）
make somebody late doing something
Catching a later train made Frank late
getting to the office. （弗朗克沒趕上早班車，上班遲到了。）
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3. hold up: to make someone or
something stop or go more slowly when they are going somewhere
例：
hold somebody up
I won't hold you up—I can see you're in a
hurry. （我不會耽誤你的時間，我知道你很忙。）
They should have finished that job on
Friday—what's holding them up? （他們本該周五完工的，因為什么原因拖延了？）
hold up somebody/something
Get a move on, you two! You're holding up
the whole queue! （你們倆往前走啊！你們擋住整隊的人了！）
Her stubbornness on this one issue is
holding the whole deal up. （她一直抓著這個問題不放，拖慢了整件事的進度。）
be/get held up
We got held up in traffic and missed the
show. （我們堵車了，沒看成演出。）
補充：''hold up''的名詞形式''hold-up/holdup''。
hold-up/holdup: a delay, especially one
caused by an unexpected problem, that interrupts a journey or a piece of work
例：
An accident on the London-Brighton road has
caused a major hold-up. （倫敦-布萊頓路上發(fā)生一起交通事故，引起了嚴(yán)重的交通堵塞。 ）
There's been a hold-up with the builders,
so the new office won't be ready for several months. （建筑工人沒有按時完工，所以新辦公室得再等幾個月才能蓋好。）
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4. keep: to delay someone when they
are trying to go somewhere
備注：''keep''是非正式的用法。
例：
He should be here by now. What's keeping
him? （他現(xiàn)在應(yīng)該要到啦！怎么遲到了？）
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5. detain: to delay someone,
especially by keeping them talking or working
備注：''detain''是正式的用法。
例：
I won't detain you for much longer, Miss
White. There are just a few more questions that I need to ask you. （懷特小姐，我不會耽誤你很久時間，我還要問你幾個問題。）
be unavoidably detained (=by something that you cannot prevent)
Mr Jones should be here, but I'm afraid
he's been unavoidably detained. （瓊斯先生應(yīng)該要到了，恐怕他有什么特別重要的事耽擱了，所以遲到了。）
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6. be stuck: to be impossible or
unable to move from a particular position （被堵在某一地點）
例：
They got stuck in a traffic jam. （他們堵車了。）
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