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| ยืดเวลา yeuutF waehM laaM |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | ยืด-เว-ลา |
| IPA | jɯ̂ːt weː laː |
| Royal Thai General System | yuet wela |
| [verb, intransitive, phrase, colloquial] | |||
| definition | to defer; postpone; delay; hold over; procrastinate; put off; put on ice; shelve; suspend | ||
| categories | |||
| components | ยืด  | yeuutF | to stretch; extend; expand; lengthen |
 เวลา  | waehM laaM | [general] time [as in space and time] | |
| synonyms | ขยายเวลา | khaL yaaiR waehM laaM | to extend for a time; to prolong; to belabor; to perpetuate; to delay |
| ผลัด | phlatL | to delay; postpone; defer; put off | |
| ผ่อนผัน | phaawnL phanR | to delay; extend a limit | |
| ผัด | phatL | to ask for a delay; to postpone | |
| ผัดวันประกันพรุ่ง | phatL wanM bpraL ganM phroongF | put off today what can wait 'till tomorrow — procrastinate; postpone; delay | |
| เลื่อน | leuuanF | to postpone | |
| related words | ชะลอ | chaH laawM | to slow down; to proceed cautiously; to carry carefully |
| ทำให้ล่าช้า | thamM haiF laaF chaaH | to defer; delay; hold over; retard | |
| หน่วงเหนี่ยว | nuaangL niaaoL | to defer; postpone; delay; hold over; procrastinate; put off; put on ice; shelve; suspend | |
| เหนี่ยวรั้ง | niaaoL rangH | to hold back; stop; retard | |
| sample sentences | ผู้นำสองประเทศกำลังเตะถ่วงยืดเวลาการเผชิญหน้าออกไปให้นานที่สุดเท่าที่จะทำได้ phuuF namM saawngR bpraL thaehtF gamM langM dtehL thuaangL yeuutF waehM laaM gaanM phaL cheernM naaF aawkL bpaiM haiF naanM theeF sootL thaoF theeF jaL thamM daiF "The leaders of the two nations are putting off their confrontation for as long as they possibly can." | ||
แต่ก็ไม่ค่อยหนักแน่นมั่นคง และเคยมีท่าทีจะยืดเวลาไปจากเดิมอีกถึงสิบกว่าปี dtaaeL gaawF maiF khaawyF nakL naaenF manF khohngM laeH kheeuyM meeM thaaF theeM jaL yeuutF waehM laaM bpaiM jaakL deermM eekL theungR sipL gwaaL bpeeM "However, [this policy] was not very well established and the timeframe had a tendency to be pushed out to more than ten years." | |||
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