| 单词 | to put or set by |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put or set (anyone) by c. So in to put or set (anyone) by (an aim, purpose, duty, etc.): to cause him to miss or omit it; to deprive, disappoint, or cheat of, do out of. archaic and dialect. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > demotivate [verb (transitive)] > discourage remove?a1425 discourage1437 revoke1447 disporta1450 to take offa1616 to work off1627 to put off1631 dishearten1634 disinvitea1641 to put or set (anyone) by1768 eyebrow1876 1580 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives 798 The King..did put Tiribazus by his Wife. 1593 E. Spenser Elegie in Phœnix Nest 6 Perhaps this may a suter be, To set Mars by his deitie. 1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. i. 53 Maude the Empresse..was put by the Crowne by the Prelates and Barons. a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) v. ii. 329 We met with a storme, which put us by our course. 1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (ed. 2) xliii. 236 He can put him by his degree for a whole year. 1768 S. Johnson Let. 2 Dec. (1992) I. 319 I have been oddly put by my purpose. < as lemmas |
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