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

• At least the Italian scare has put back on the table policies that had been wrongly discarded.
  最起码，在意大利这场恐慌的刺激下，一些曾经遭到错误弃置的策略被重新摆上了台面。
• All the clocks and watches were put back an hour on Saturday night.
  星期六晚间一切钟表都倒拨一个小时。
• We cannot put back the clock.
  我们无法让时光倒流。
• 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。
• Put back the books you are not using on the shelves.
  把用不着的书放回书架。
• The meeting has been put back to next week.
  这次会议已延期到下周了。
• 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。
• I'd put back a fair amount of gin.
  我一下子喝了不少杜松子酒。
• Ok, everything's been put back to normal.
  好了一切东西都将恢复原貌。
• If I put back the whole bar, I wouldn't have done anything wrong at all.
  如果我把整块巧克力放回去的话，那我就根本没干过什么错事了。