put-off

英 ['pʊtɔːf] 美 ['pʊtˌɔːf]

• n. 延迟；推脱；借口

英英释义

名词 putoff:

1. a pretext for delay or inaction

动词 put off:

1. hold back to a later time

2. cause to feel intense dislike or distaste

3. take away the enthusiasm of

4. cause to feel embarrassment

5. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The flight was put off because of ground fog.
   由于地面有雾，这次班机延迟起飞。
2. I hope the rain will hold off for a few more hours.
   我希望雨延迟几小时后再下。
3. He put them off with one excuse and another.
   他一再借故推脱。
4. But many others are put off by Google's cocksure assertion of its own holiness, as if it merited unquestioning trust.
   但是也有很多公司被谷歌自己至尊的可信的宣言推脱掉了，好像他们应该得到这种毫无疑问的信任。
5. I'm not going to be put off with that excuse.
   我不会被那个借口敷衍过去的。
6. On various pretexts they all moved off.
   他们以各种各样的借口纷纷离开了。

词汇搭配

• put someone off his stroke 干扰某人,打乱某人的...
• put someone off his guard 使某人失去警惕...
• put someone off his stride 干扰某人,打乱某人的...
• put off one's mask 摘下假面具,露出真面...
• put off the mask 摘下假面具,露出真面...
• put someone off his mettle 使某人泄气
• put off 不安
• put off the scent 转移追踪方向...