| 词组 | put up |
| 释义 | put up 1. put up sth • put sth up to build something such as a building, wall, or a statue: ▪ After the war huge apartment buildings were put up around Paris. ▪ Developers want to put up a radio mast for mobile phones. put up a tent ▪ At 25,000 feet they decided to put up their tent and wait for the dawn. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑build, erect formal ■ OPPOSITE: pull down 2. put up sth • put sth up BrE to increase something, for example prices, taxes, or rents: ▪ Ford has announced plans to put up car prices by as much as 5%. ▪ The government should put up taxes on things that damage the environment. ■ SIMILAR TO: increase, raise ■ OPPOSITE: put down 3. put up sth • put sth up to put a sign, notice, picture etc on a wall or other place so that it can be seen: ▪ The owner had put up signs everywhere saying 'Private Property, Keep Out'. ▪ It's a nice letter. I'll put it up on the noticeboard. ■ OPPOSITE: take down 4. put up sth • put sth up to attach a shelf, cupboard etc to a wall: ▪ We've had some new cupboards put up in our kitchen. ▪ Men do have some uses - putting up shelves for instance. 5. put sth up • put up sth BrE if you put up an umbrella or a hood, you open it out so that you can cover your head with it. An umbrella is a thing you hold up to protect yourself from the rain. A hood is a part of a coat or jacket that covers your head.: ▪ Some people in the crowd had started putting up their umbrellas, which made it difficult for the others to see. ▪ It was raining. Philip put the hood up on his anorak. 6. put up sth • put sth up to provide the money that is needed to pay for something: ▪ It's a great idea, but who's going to put up the money? + for ▪ Twentieth Century Fox is putting up the money for the movie. put up a reward ▪ Securicor has now put up a reward of $25,000 for information about the robbers. 7. put up a fight/a struggle/resistance etc to try to fight or compete with someone, or try to stop something from happening: ▪ England put up a great fight, but in the end the better team won. ▪ He didn't put up much resistance when he was arrested. ▪ Menzies's counsel put up a spirited defence of his client. 8. put sth up for sale/auction to make something available for people to buy, especially a house, land, business, or a valuable object. An auction is a public meeting where goods are sold to the person who offers the most money.: ▪ When my father died, the house and all its contents were put up for auction. ▪ The store was losing money and they decided to put it up for sale. 9. put sb up to provide someone with a place to stay, usually for a short time: ▪ Some friends have offered to put us up for the night. ▪ Guests were put up in the Inter-Continental Hotel in the middle of Beirut. 10. put up BrE old-fashioned if you put up somewhere, you stay there for a short time + at ▪ We put up at a pub called The Three Horseshoes. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑stay 11. put up sth • put sth up especially BrE to suggest an idea, argument, or reason for something, especially in order to persuade people to accept it: ▪ Leith put up several arguments, but she had an answer for every one of them. ▪ I've yet to hear anyone put up a convincing case for keeping the House of Lords. 12. put up sb • put sb up if a political party puts someone up at an election, they chose them to represent the party at the election: ▪ The Alliance Party put up substantially fewer candidates at the last election. ■ SIMILAR TO: nominate |
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