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

• The meeting has been put back to next week.
  这次会议已延期到下周了。
• It's easy for me to put back weight in winter and lose in summer.
  我冬季体重易增加，夏天易减轻。
• I'd put back a fair amount of gin.
  我一下子喝了不少杜松子酒。
• 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。
• We cannot put back the clock.
  我们无法让时光倒流。
• Too much is messy, and impossible to put back.
  太多了就乱了、也不可能装回去。
• 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。
• The lorry drivers 'strike has put back our deliveries by over a month.
  因卡车司机罢工，我们的交货日期延误了一个多月。
• 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；
• 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。