put
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they put | |
| he / she / it puts | |
| past simple put | |
| past participle put | |
| -ing form putting |
- put something + adv./prep.
to move something into a particular place or position 放；安置 - put something + adv./prep.
to move something into a particular place or position using force 猛推；用力插入 - put somebody/something + adv./prep.
to cause somebody/something to go to a particular place 将…送往；使…前往 - put something + adv./prep.
to attach or fix something to something else 使与…连接；安装 Extra ExamplesWe're not allowed to put posters on the walls. 我们不准把海报贴到墙上。 Can you help me put the roof rack on the car? 你能帮我把车顶行李架放在车上吗？
- put something (+ adv./prep.)
to write something or make a mark on something （在…上）书写，记，做标记 - put somebody/something + adv./prep.
to bring somebody/something into the state or condition mentioned 使处于（某状态或情况） I was put in charge of the office. 他们让我负责管理这个办公室。 The incident put her in a bad mood. 这件事弄得她心情很不好。 Put yourself in my position. What would you have done? 你设身处地为我想想，你会怎么办？ I tried to put the matter into perspective. 我尽量正确评估这个问题。 Don't go putting yourself at risk. 当心不可冒什么风险。 I am determined to put things right. 我决心把事情做好。 It was time to put their suggestion into practice. 那时就该把他们的建议付诸实施了。 This new injury will put him out of action for several weeks. 这次的新伤将使他几周无法动弹。 He put Ray on guard with a gun. 他派雷带枪去值勤。
- put something on/onto/to something
to make somebody/something feel something or be affected by something 使感觉到；使受到…的影响 Her new job has put a great strain on her. 她的新工作使她感到负担很重。 They put pressure on her to resign. 他们向她施加压力，让她自行辞职。 It's time you put a stop to this childish behaviour. 这种孩子气的行为你该收敛了。
- put something + adv./prep.
to express or state something in a particular way 说；表达 She put it very tactfully. 她的话说得很巧妙。 Put simply, we accept their offer or go bankrupt. 简单地说吧，我们要么接受他们的条件，要么破产。 Simply put, the film is a masterpiece. 简单来说，这部电影是一部杰作。 I was, to put it mildly, annoyed (= I was extremely angry). 说得温和点儿，我相当恼火。 Putting it bluntly, the project was a disaster. 说白了，这个项目是一场灾难。 He was too trusting—or, to put it another way, he had no head for business. 他太轻信人了。或者换个说法，他没有商业头脑。 The meat was—how shall I put it?—a little overdone. 这肉嘛，怎么说呢，做得稍微老了点儿。 As T.S. Eliot puts it… 正如 T.S. 艾略特所说… She had never tried to put this feeling into words. 她从未试图把这种感情说出来。 Can you help me put this letter into good English, please? 请问你能帮我用通顺的英语来表达这信的内容吗？ I thought you put your points very well. 我认为你的观点阐述得很好。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- cleverly
- eloquently
- well
- …
- to put it another way
- put something on something
to give or attach a particular level of importance, trust, value, etc. to something 给予（重视、信任、价值等） - put somebody/something + adv./prep.
to consider somebody/something to belong to the class or level mentioned 把…视为（或列为） - put something
to throw the shot 推（铅球）
in place/position处所；位置
attach附着
write写
into state/condition状态；情况
affect somebody/something影响某人／某事物
express表述
give value/rank厘定；划定
in sport体育运动
Word OriginOld English (recorded only in the verbal noun putung), of unknown origin; compare with dialect pote ‘to push, thrust’ (an early sense of the verb put).
Idioms Most idioms containing put are at the entries for the nouns and adjectives in the idioms, for example put your foot in it is at foot.
I wouldn’t put it past somebody (to do something)
- (informal)
used to say that you think somebody is capable of doing something wrong, illegal, etc. 我看…干得出（错的、违法的等事）
put it about
- (British English, informal)
to have many sexual partners 浪荡胡为；乱搞男女关系
put it to somebody that…
to suggest something to somebody to see if they can argue against it 与…挑明；对…提出
put one over on somebody
put somebody through it
put together
put up or shut up
- (especially British English)
used to tell somebody to stop just talking about something and actually do it, show it, etc. 要么拿出实际行动来，要么就闭嘴；动点儿真格的，别光耍嘴皮子