单词 | put off |
释义 | put off (once / 813 pages) 1v 2v WORD FAMILY put off: puts off USAGE EXAMPLESOakland Coach Jack Del Rio was not pleased with the league’s choice to put off a decision until 2017. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) Oakland coach Jack Del Rio clearly was not pleased with the league’s choice to put off a decision until 2017. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Fifty years was long enough, I suppose, to put off reading Charles Dickens again. The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1v cause to feel intense dislike or distaste Syn|Hyper turn off repel, repulse be repellent to; cause aversion in 2v cause to feel embarrassment Syn|Hypo|Hyper confuse, disconcert, flurry bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly fluster cause to be nervous or upset bothermake confused or perplexed or puzzled deflect, distractdraw someone's attention away from something rufflediscompose abash, embarrass cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious 3v take away the enthusiasm of 2Syn|Ant|Hyper dishearten cheer, embolden, hearten, recreate give encouragement to discourage deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged 1v hold back to a later time Syn|Hypo|Hyper defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table call stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather holdstop dealing with suspendrender temporarily ineffective probateput a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence reprieve, respitepostpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution delay act later than planned, scheduled, or required 2v avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) Syn|Hypo|Hyper circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, sidestep, skirt beg dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted quibbleevade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections avoid stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something |
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