| 词组 | put upon |
| 释义 | put upon 1. feel put upon if someone feels put upon, they feel that they are being treated unfairly, especially because they are expected to do more work than the other people: ▪ Kate felt put upon. Why was she always the one who had to stay at home with the kids while William was out enjoying himself. ▪ I'm Ben Jones, youngest son and the most put upon! 2. put an interpretation/value upon sth formal to consider that something has a particular meaning or value: ▪ Dawkins puts a different interpretation upon the word "selfish" from the usual meaning. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑put on 3. put emphasis/stress upon sth formal to say that you think that something is particularly important: ▪ Particular stress was put upon the study of dead languages such as Latin and ancient Greek. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑put on 4. put limitations/constraints etc upon sb/sth formal to make rules or limits that control someone or something: ▪ the limitations that are put upon us by our genes ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑put on |
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