put back

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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 last the gold and silver bird was put back in its cage.
  最后这只金银打造的鸟被放回皇帝寝宫内的笼子里。
• His case was put back because of the lack of evidence.
  他的案子由于证据不足被推迟审判了。
• I'd put back a fair amount of gin.
  我一下子喝了不少杜松子酒。
• He failed his examinations and was put back a whole year.
  他考试不及格，被留了一级。
• I want the clock put back. I wanna put it all into a little box.
  我想让时钟倒行，把所有东西都放进小盒子。
• Their sabotage put back production badly.
  他们的破坏严重影响了生产。
• 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；
• 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。
• How many times do I have to tell you? Put back the newspaper when you are done.
  到底要我告诉你多少次阿？报纸看完要放回原位。
• 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。