3月24日，国际奥委会和东京奥组委发布消息，原定于2020年在东京举行的第32届奥运会将被延期至2021年夏天，但是奥运会的名称仍然是“东京2020年奥运会和残奥会”。
新型冠状病毒的蔓延扰乱了全世界的脚步。
目前，一些企业已经暂停了奥运会相关的营销活动。
奥运会的推迟造成的直接经济损失约为60亿美元，与奥运相关的各种行业和公司都会遭受严重损失。
日本曾在1964年举办过一届东京奥运会，那次奥运会给东京带来经济的飞速发展，所以日本政府为这次奥运会做了巨大的经济投入和努力，希望这一次成功的奥运会也可以为经济下行的日本带来改变。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 日 | rì | sun / day / date, day of the month |
| 国际 | guó jì | international |
| 奥委会 | Ào wěi huì | Olympic committee |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 东京 | Dōng jīng | Tokyo, capital of Japan / Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period) |
| 奥组委 | Ào zǔ wěi | Olympic Organizing Committee |
| 发布 | fā bù | to release / to issue / to announce / to distribute |
| 消息 | xiāo xi | (piece of) news; information / message |
| 原 | yuán | former / original / primary / raw |
| 定 | dìng | to fix; to set; to make definite / to subscribe to; to book; to order / to congeal; to coagulate |
| 于 | yú | (of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 举行 | jǔ xíng | to hold |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number) |
| 届 | jiè | classifier for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation) |
| 奥运会 | Ào yùn huì | Olympic Games; the Olympics |
| 将 | jiāng | will / shall |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 延期 | yán qī | to delay / to extend / to postpone / to defer |
| 至 | zhì | to / until |
| 夏天 | xià tiān | summer |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 名称 | míng chēng | name (of a thing) / name (of an organization) |
| 仍然 | réng rán | still; as before; yet |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 残奥会 | Cán Ào huì | Paralympic Games |
| 新型 | xīn xíng | new type; new kind |
| 冠状病毒 | guān zhuàng bìng dú | coronavirus |
| 蔓延 | màn yán | to extend / to spread |
| 扰乱 | rǎo luàn | to disturb / to perturb / to harass |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 全 | quán | all / whole / entire / every / complete |
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 脚步 | jiǎo bù | footstep / step |
| 目前 | mù qián | at the present time / currently |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 企业 | qǐ yè | company; firm; enterprise; corporation |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 暂停 | zàn tíng | to suspend |
| 相关 | xiāng guān | related / relevant / pertinent |
| 营销 | yíng xiāo | marketing |
| 活动 | huó dòng | (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity / (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver |
| 推迟 | tuī chí | to postpone / to put off / to defer |
| 造成 | zào chéng | to bring about; to create; to cause |
| 直接 | zhí jiē | direct / immediate / straightforward |
| 经济 | jīng jì | economic |
| 损失 | sǔn shī | loss / damage |
| 约 | yuē | approximately |
| 为 | wéi | to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do |
| 亿 | yì | 100 million |
| 美元 | měi yuán | American dollar; US dollar |
| 与 | yǔ | (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast) |
| 奥运 | Ào yùn | Olympic Games; the Olympics |
| 各种 | gè zhǒng | every kind of; all kinds of; various |
| 行业 | háng yè | trade; profession; industry; business |
| 公司 | gōng sī | company; firm; corporation |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 遭受 | zāo shòu | to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune) |
| 严重 | yán zhòng | grave; serious; severe; critical |
| 日本 | Rì běn | Japan |
| 曾 | céng | once / already / ever (in the past) / former / previously / (past tense marker used before verb or clause) |
| 举办 | jǔ bàn | to conduct; to hold (an event) |
| 过 | guo | (experienced action marker) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 带来 | dài lái | to bring / (fig.) to bring about; to produce |
| 飞速 | fēi sù | rapidly |
| 发展 | fā zhǎn | development / growth |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 政府 | zhèng fǔ | government |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 巨大 | jù dà | huge; immense; enormous; gigantic |
| 投入 | tóu rù | to throw into / to put into / to throw oneself into / to participate in / to invest in |
| 努力 | nǔ lì | to make an effort; to try hard; to strive |
| 希望 | xī wàng | to hope |
| 成功 | chéng gōng | successful; fruitful |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 下行 | xià xíng | (of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital) / (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom |
| 改变 | gǎi biàn | to change / to alter / to transform |