单选题 His supervisor asked him to ______ his departure for home, because his paper was not so well-done.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 动词辨析题。[A]infer“推测，推断”[B]prefer“更喜欢”；[C]defer"推迟，延期，服从”；[D]refer"提交，谈及”。根据题意，[C]为正确答案。