postdate *(动词)*:把日期写得晚于实际日期;(尤指支票)开远期日期。也可指把某事的日期标为更晚(因此常带有“延后到某日”的含义)。
/ˌpoʊstˈdeɪt/
I postdated the check for next Friday.
我把支票日期写成了下周五。
To avoid an overdraft, she postdated several payments so they would be processed after her salary arrived.
为了避免透支,她把几笔付款的日期写晚了,好让它们在工资到账之后再被处理。
由 **post-**(“在……之后”)+ date(“日期”)构成,字面意思是“把日期放在后面”。该词常见于银行、会计与法律语境,尤其与支票日期相关。