词组 | put aside |
释义 | put aside 1. put aside sth • put sth aside to stop thinking or worrying about something, especially something that is important to you or that you feel strongly about, so that you can achieve something else: ▪ Ken put aside his own personal ambitions in order to help his wife with her career. put aside your differences ▪ Hume urged the people of Northern Ireland to put aside their differences and work together for peace. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑set aside 2. put aside sth • put sth aside to save money, especially regularly, so that you can use it for a particular purpose later: ▪ Her parents used to put aside a little money each month so that they could pay for her college fees. + for ▪ The money had been put aside for their retirement. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑set aside, ↑put by especially BrE 3. put sth aside • put aside sth to put something down next to you, especially something that you have been reading on working with, so that you can do something else: ▪ Suddenly, she stopped reading the newspaper and put it aside. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑put down 4. put aside sth • put sth aside to keep something so that you can use it later: ▪ Remove the rice and put it aside to cool. |
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