put back

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美 [pʊt bæk]

拖延; 推迟

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 拖延；推迟
  Toputsomethingbackmeans to delay it or arrange for it to happen later than you previously planned.
  1. There are always new projects which seem to put the reunion back further...
     总是有新的项目使重聚一推再推。
  2. News conferences due to be held by both men have been put back.
     原定两个人共同举行的新闻发布会被推迟。

英英释义

verb

• put something back where it belongs
  1. replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it
  2. please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them
  Synonym:replace
• cost a certain amount
  1. My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000
  Synonym:set backknock back

双语例句

• The factory was put back on its feet through the joint efforts D management and workers.
  该厂通过管理部门和工人的共同努力，又再度振兴起来。
• He failed his examinations and was put back a whole year.
  他考试不及格，被留了一级。
• Too much is messy, and impossible to put back.
  太多了就乱了、也不可能装回去。
• That night the doctor quietly put back all the things he had taken from the lady's house.
  当天晚上，医生就悄悄地把他从老奶奶家拿走的东西都放了回去。
• I was brought up in a culture that said you must put back into the society what you have taken out.
  我成长于其中的那个社会文化认为，取之社会必须回报社会。
• Ok, everything's been put back to normal.
  好了一切东西都将恢复原貌。
• There are always new projects which seem to put the reunion back further
  总是有新的项目使重聚一推再推。
• The meeting has been put back to next week.
  这次会议已延期到下周了。
• Society suddenly finds itself put back into a state of momentary barbarism;
  社会突然发现自己回到了一时的野蛮状态；
• I'd put back a fair amount of gin.
  我一下子喝了不少杜松子酒。