一、词性不同。
1、delay是动名词形式。
2、delayed是动词delay的过去式和过去分词形式。
二、一词多义不同。
1、delay可用作不及物动词，也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时，接名词、代词或动名词作宾语，不接动词不定式作宾语。接表示人的名词或代词作宾语时，一般译为“使某人误事”或“使某人慢下来”接表事〔事物〕的名词或代词作宾语时，通常译为“推迟〔耽搁〕做某事”。
2、delayed只作形容词意思是延时的；拖延的。表示机场航班延误用delayed.
如：My flight was delayed, so I killed time/killed two hours reading a book.
我那趟班机误点了，我只好看书消磨时间[打发了两小时]。
三、读音不同。
1、delay的英式读法是[dɪ'leɪ]；美式读法是[dɪ'leɪ]。
2、delayed的英式读法是[dɪ'leɪd]；美式读法是[dɪ'leɪd]。
欢迎你加入我们问问团队 1、The flight has been delayed due to some mechanicaltroubles. The engineers are making a careful examination of
the plane.
由于机械故障，航班已延误，机械师们正在对飞机进行仔细检查。
2、Owing to the air traffic control, we’ll wait until a take-off clearance is given.
由于空中航路拥挤，我们要等待通行许可（才能起飞）。
3、Due to the loading of cargo/luggage, we will wait 15 minutes to take off.
由于飞机/货物还未装载完毕，我们还需等待15分钟由本站起飞。
4、We are waiting for 3 passengers to aboard. Please remain seated and we will keep you informed.
由于有三位旅客已经办理完登机手续，但仍未登机。请您在座位上稍等片刻。
5、Because we are adding meals for some additional passengers, we have to wait a few minutes to take off.
由于临时增加餐食品，我们需要等待一段时间。
6、We have to wait until the ice on the run way has been cleared.
我们需等待跑道上的冰被破除。
7、The flight will be delayed because of a heavy rain in our destination.
由于目的地机场正下着倾盆大雨，我们的航班将延误。
8、The flight has been delayed because of bad weather.
由于天气恶劣，航班已延误。
9、The plane will take off as soon as the weather gets better.
一旦天气好转，飞机马上起飞。
10、We can’t take off because the airport is closed due to poor visibility.
由于低能见度，机场关闭，我们不能起飞了。
11、We have just been informed that this flight has been cancelled due to a mechanical problem. We’ll have to stay here overnight. Please take your belongings and prepare to disembark.
我们已接到通知，由于机械故障本次航班已取消，我们将在这里过夜，请拿好随身物品准备下飞机。
12、We’ll provide free accommodation for every passenger.
我们将为每位旅客提供免费食宿。
