put off
- 推迟，拖延;使反感;敷衍，搪塞;让某人等;使失去兴趣;使分心，搅扰;让某人下车
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PHRASAL VERB 推迟；拖延
If you put something off, 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。
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PHRASAL VERB 敷衍；搪塞
If you put someone off, 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。
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PHRASAL VERB 使反感；使对…失去兴趣
If something puts you off something, 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。
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PHRASAL VERB 使分心；搅扰
If someone or something puts you off, 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。
verb
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- 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
- Synonym: hedge fudge evade circumvent parry elude skirt dodge duck sidestep
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- cause to feel embarrassment
- The constant attention of the young man confused her
- Synonym: confuse flurry disconcert
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- cause to feel intense dislike or distaste
- Synonym: turn off
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- take away the enthusiasm of
- Synonym: dishearten
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- hold back to a later time
- let's postpone the exam
- Synonym: postpone prorogue hold over put over table shelve set back defer remit
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We 've had to put off our wedding until September .
我们只得把婚期推迟到九月。
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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。
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He was put off science by bad teaching .
教学不好使他失去了对理科的兴趣。
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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。
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He tried to change the subject , but she wasn 't to be put off .
他努力想换个话题，但她却兴趣正浓。
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Mr Bint has a propensity to put off decisions to the last minute
宾特先生习惯拖到最后时刻才作决定。
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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。
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Some believe this level of compensation is essentially a poison pill to put off any rival bidders .
有些人认为这种程度的补偿实质上是阻止任何投标对手的“毒丸”防御。
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It is highly probable that many of the Service 's personnel were put off by such high-flown rhetoric .
很可能该部门的许多工作人员都对这种华而不实的虚夸言辞感到反感。
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Once , she had been put off by his hauteur .
她曾经对他的傲慢很反感。
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If you 've shied away from making pancakes in the past , don 't be put off — there 's really nothing in it !
如果你过去不敢做烤薄饼的话，现在别迟疑了，真是一点儿都不费事！
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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。
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Don 't put off today 's work till tomorrow .
今天能做的不要拖到明天。
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Just because of the rain , the sports meet was put off .
都是下雨，运动会才延期的。
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Why should it be put off till next month ?
为什么非要挨到下个月不可？
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Let 's put off our wedding till the Spring Festival .
咱俩的婚事赶年下再办吧。
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A hero is never put off by difficulties .
困难难不倒英雄汉。
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Don 't put off today 's work for [ till ] tomorrow . ; Today 's work must be done today .
当天事当天毕。
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Second litters can be put off in autumn as porkers .
第二窝小猪到了秋天就可以当肥小猪卖掉。
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This matter can be put off till some time later .
这件事可以从缓。
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Don 't put off the party on my account .
别因为我把聚会的时间推迟了。
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I think that the meeting may be put off till tomorrow .
愚见此会可延至明日举行。
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If it rains hard we have to put off the match .
如果下大雨，比赛只有延期。
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He had put off all personal cares .
他已摆脱了一切个人的牵累。
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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。
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They objected to put off the meeting .
他们不赞成把会议推迟。
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Another trend that looks significant in 2015 is that America 's largest population group , Millennials , will continue to put off buying a house .
2015年另一个看起来重要的趋势就是美国最大的人口群体——千禧一代，将会继续推迟买房。
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This year , 25,310 students who have accepted places in higher education institutions have put off their entry until next year , according to statistics on university entrance provided by University and College Admissions Service ( UCAS ) .
据美国大学和大学招生服务中心（UCAS）提供的高考统计数据显示,今年有25310名高校录取生推迟到明年入学。
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More than two thirds of employers ( 71 per cent are ) are immediately put off if the interviewee has tattoos3 .
三分之二的面试官们（71%）见到面试者有纹身立马就会否决这类人选。
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Key : I second their motion that the discussion be put off .
我赞成他们提出的关于延期讨论的动议。
较正式用词，多指故意拖延。
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。
指会议休会、法庭休庭或审判延期。
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。
多指由于外在原因而推迟或耽误，有时也指有意推迟。
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！
多指有计划地延期，通常会明确延期到何时。
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。
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。
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。