| 词组 | put to |
| 释义 | put to 1. put sth to sb to ask someone a question, especially officially and about something important: ▪ The same question was put to thousands of Americans. "Are you, or have you ever been, a member of the Communist Party?" 2. put sth to sb to ask someone to officially consider a plan, suggestion etc, and make a decision about it or say what they think about it: ▪ "I'll put your suggestion to the committee," she said. put sth to the vote (=ask people to vote about something in order to make a decision about it) ▪ Whenever the issue of the death penalty is put to the vote in parliament, most people are against it. 3. put it to sb that to suggest to someone that something is true, especially in a court of law when you are trying to prove the facts about something: ▪ I put it to you that you murdered your husband for his money. 4. put an end/stop/halt to something to stop something from continuing to happen: ▪ Russia wants the US to put an end to the bombing of Iraq. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑end, ↑stop, halt 5. put sb to a lot of trouble/inconvenience/expense to make someone have to use a lot of effort, time or money, for example in order to help someone else or in order to get something done: ▪ Please forgive me. I hope I haven't put you to too much trouble. ▪ The lawsuit had put them to a great deal of expense, and in the end they had been unsuccessful. 6. put your name/signature to sth to sign your name at the end of an official document, letter etc, saying that you agree with it: ▪ When she and two other women refused to put their names to the agreement, they were fired on the spot. |
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