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●ˌput sth ˈback 🔑1. to return sth to its usual place; to return sth to the place it was before 把…放回◆He uses my things and never puts them back.
他用了我的东西从来不放回原处。◆Put the book back on the shelf, will you?
把书放回书架好吗？◆She carefully put the letters back where she’d found them.
她小心翼翼地把信放回原处。SYN replace sth (more formal) 2. (to…) to move sth to a later time or date 推迟；延迟◆The meeting has been put back to next week.
会议已延期到下周。◆The game has been put back 24 hours.
比赛推迟了 24 小时。SYN postpone sth (more formal)
OPP bring sth forward3. to cause sth to be delayed 拖延；延缓◆The strike has put back our deliveries by over a month.
罢工使我们的交货延误了一个多月。SYN set sth back4. to move the hands of a clock back to give the correct earlier time, especially at the end of summer （尤指夏时制结束时）向后拨，拨慢（钟表指针）◆We forgot to put the clocks back last night.
我们昨晚忘记把时钟指针拨回去了。OBJ the clocks, your watch
OPP put sth forward5. (informal) to drink a large quantity of alcohol 大量喝（酒）◆I had just put back my sixth beer of the evening.
我刚刚灌下当晚的第六瓶啤酒。SYN knock sth back6. (into sth) to give sth to or do sth for an organization, a society, etc. that has given you sth 用…回报；以…报答◆The school has been so good to me. I really want to put something back into it.
学校对我这么好，我真想能对学校有所回报。OBJ something
SYN give sth back7. to spend more money on sth in order to make it better or more successful 对…增加（投资）◆The government isn’t putting enough money back into the economy.
政府对经济没有追加足够的资金。OBJ money1, 2,4 [v + n/pron + adv] [v + adv + n]3, 5 [v + adv + n] [v + n/pron + adv]
 ●put the ˈclock backto return to a situation that existed in the past 倒退；复旧；回到从前◆I wish I could put the clock back and give our marriage another chance.
我希望时光倒流，再给我们的婚姻一次机会。 |