to put off

• 拖延答复

  put off replying

• 拖延付款

  delay payment

• 拖延谈判

  prolong negotiations

• 拖延时间

  stall for time

• 事情拖延了好几年。

  The matter dragged on for several years.

• 战争拖延了四年。

  The war went on for four years.