put off
英 [pʊt ɒf]
美 [pʊt ɔːf]
推迟; 拖延; 敷衍; 搪塞; 使反感; 使失去兴趣; 使分心; 搅扰
同义词辨析
deferadjourndelaypostponeput off【导航词义:推迟】
deferv. 推迟,延期
〔辨析〕
较正式用词,多指故意拖延。
〔例证〕
The students would like to defer their discussion until next Monday afternoon.
学生们想把讨论会推迟到下星期一下午进行。
The bank agreed to defer their payments for four months.
银行同意他们延期4个月付款。
Hand in your proposal as soon as possible - you have deferred too long.
尽快提交你的议案——你拖延得太久了。
学生们想把讨论会推迟到下星期一下午进行。
The bank agreed to defer their payments for four months.
银行同意他们延期4个月付款。
Hand in your proposal as soon as possible - you have deferred too long.
尽快提交你的议案——你拖延得太久了。
adjournv. 休(会),休(庭),延期
〔辨析〕
指会议休会、法庭休庭或审判延期。
〔例证〕
The meeting is adjourned for an unknown reason.
会议莫名其妙地休会了。
It was almost 10 o'clock when the court adjourned.
法庭休庭的时候差不多已经10点了。
The trial will be adjourned until June.
审判将推迟到6月。
会议莫名其妙地休会了。
It was almost 10 o'clock when the court adjourned.
法庭休庭的时候差不多已经10点了。
The trial will be adjourned until June.
审判将推迟到6月。
delayv. (使)推迟,耽搁
〔辨析〕
多指由于外在原因而推迟或耽误,有时也指有意推迟。
〔例证〕
The rain delayed the opening ceremony for one hour.
大雨使开幕式延迟了1个小时。
The board decided to delay their vacation until next week.
董事会决定把休假推迟到下周。
Don't delay - homework right now!
别拖了,现在就写作业!
大雨使开幕式延迟了1个小时。
The board decided to delay their vacation until next week.
董事会决定把休假推迟到下周。
Don't delay - homework right now!
别拖了,现在就写作业!
postponev. 延迟,延缓
〔辨析〕
多指有计划地延期,通常会明确延期到何时。
〔例证〕
They planned to postpone their trip until the spring.
他们打算把旅行推迟到春天。
Nokia has postponed the release of its new product.
诺基亚已经推迟了新产品的发布。
他们打算把旅行推迟到春天。
Nokia has postponed the release of its new product.
诺基亚已经推迟了新产品的发布。
put offphr.v. 推迟,延期
〔辨析〕
尤指因出现问题或不想现在做某事而推迟,作此义解时常可与 delay 换用。
〔例证〕
The sports meeting has been put off/delayed until tomorrow due to bad weather.
由于天气恶劣,运动会推迟到明天举行。
The meeting has been put off/delayed until next week so that more people can attend.
为了使更多的人可以参加,此次会议已推迟到下周。
由于天气恶劣,运动会推迟到明天举行。
The meeting has been put off/delayed until next week so that more people can attend.
为了使更多的人可以参加,此次会议已推迟到下周。
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 推迟;拖延
If youputsomethingoff, you delay doing it.- Women who put off having a baby often make the best mothers...
晚育的女性经常会成为最优秀的母亲。 - The Association has put the event off until October.
协会已把这次活动推迟至10月。
- Women who put off having a baby often make the best mothers...
- PHRASAL VERB 敷衍;搪塞
If youputsomeoneoff, you make them wait for something that they want.- The old priest tried to put them off, saying that the hour was late.
老牧师搪塞他们说时间太晚了。
- The old priest tried to put them off, saying that the hour was late.
- PHRASAL VERB 使反感;使对…失去兴趣
If somethingputsyouoffsomething, it makes you dislike it, or decide not to do or have it.- The high divorce figures don't seem to be putting people off marriage...
离婚的人很多,但这好像并没有打消人们对结婚的热情。 - His personal habits put them off...
他们很讨厌他的一些个人习惯。 - The country's worsening reputation does not seem to be putting off the tourists...
该国越来越糟的名声好像并没有减弱游客们去那儿游览的兴趣。 - We tried to visit the Abbey but were put off by the queues.
我们曾想参观威斯敏斯特教堂,但排起的长队使我们打消了这个念头。
- The high divorce figures don't seem to be putting people off marriage...
- PHRASAL VERB 使分心;搅扰
If someone or somethingputsyouoff, they take your attention from what you are trying to do and make it more difficult for you to do it.- She asked me to be serious — said it put her off if I laughed...
她要求我严肃一点——说如果我笑的话会使她分心。 - It put her off revising for her exams.
这影响了她复习备考。
- She asked me to be serious — said it put her off if I laughed...
英英释义
verb
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- He dodged the issue
- she skirted the problem
- They tend to evade their responsibilities
- he evaded the questions skillfully
- cause to feel embarrassment
- The constant attention of the young man confused her
- cause to feel intense dislike or distaste
- take away the enthusiasm of
- hold back to a later time
- let's postpone the exam
双语例句
- Just because of the rain, the sports meet was put off.
都是下雨,运动会才延期的。 - Why should it be put off till next month?
为什么非要挨到下个月不可? - His personal habits put them off
他们很讨厌他的一些个人习惯。 - We tried to visit the Abbey but were put off by the queues.
我们曾想参观威斯敏斯特教堂,但排起的长队使我们打消了这个念头。 - The old priest tried to put them off, saying that the hour was late.
老牧师搪塞他们说时间太晚了。 - Never put off or give up on a goal thats important to you.
永远不要推迟和放弃对你来说很重要的目标。 - He had put off all personal cares.
他已摆脱了一切个人的牵累。 - They objected to put off the meeting.
他们不赞成把会议推迟。 - We will put off the meeting till next week, when we will be all here.
会议将推迟到下周,那时我们都在这儿。 - The Association has put the event off until October.
协会已把这次活动推迟至10月。