| 词组 | put off |
| 释义 | put off 1. put off sth • put sth off to delay doing something until later, or arrange for something to happen at a later time, especially because there is a problem, or you do not want to do it now: ▪ Why don't you talk to him about it? You can't keep putting it off forever. put off doing sth ▪ I'd put off going to the dentist for as long as I could. + until ▪ Laurence has to go to Paris on Tuesday, so we've decided to put the meeting off until the following week. ▪ They've decided to put off going to Venice until after she's had her operation. ■ SIMILAR TO: postpone, ↑put back 2. put sb off • put off sb to stop someone from liking another person or thing or stop them from being interested in it: ▪ Don't be put off by the name. It's actually a very pretty plant. ▪ My last boyfriend put me off men for life. put sb off doing sth ▪ A lot of people are put off travelling to Japan by the high cost of getting there. ▪ A man who was stabbed while he was jogging says the attack hasn't put him off running in the future. off-putting adj something that is off-putting makes you dislike someone or something, or makes you not want to do something: ▪ There was something rather off-putting about his manner. 3. put off sth • put sth off to make a light stop working by pressing a switch: ▪ Don't forget to put off the lights when you leave. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑put out, switch out, ↑turn out ■ OPPOSITE: put on 4. put sb off to delay meeting someone, talking to someone, paying someone etc because you do not want to do it until later: ▪ Maybe I should go and see him. I can't put him off much longer. ▪ Every time she asked for her money back they kept putting her off with some lame excuse or other. 5. put sb off • put sb off sth especially BrE to make it difficult for someone to pay attention to what they are doing, for example by talking or making a noise: ▪ Stop giggling! You're putting me off! ▪ McEnroe complained that the photographers were putting him off his game. ■ SIMILAR TO: distract off-putting adj making it difficult for you to pay attention to what you are doing: ▪ It's a bit off-putting having someone following you around all the time. 6. put sb off BrE if a bus or taxi driver puts you off somewhere, they stop the bus or taxi at a particular place and allow you to get out there: ▪ Do you want me to put you off at the station? ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑drop off, ↑set down |
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