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put

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put /pʊt/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp put, present participle putting) [transitiveT]  
1  move to place 移到某处 [always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]PUT to move something to a particular place or position, especially using your hands 放，放置 SYN place
 He put the coffee on the table.
他把咖啡放在桌上。
 Where did you put the programmes?
你把节目单放在哪里了？
2  change SB’s situation/feelings 改变某人的境况/情绪 [always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]CHANGE/MAKE something DIFFERENT to make someone be in a situation or have a feeling 改变〔某人〕的状况
 Don’t put yourself into a situation you can’t handle.
不要让自己陷入无法收拾的局面。
put somebody in a good/bad etc mood (=make them feel happy/annoyed etc) 使某人心情好/不好等
 The long delay had put us all in a bad mood.
长时间的延误使我们大家心情都不好。
 I don’t want to put you in danger.
我不想让你陷入危险。
 Pit closures have put thousands of miners out of a job (=made them lose their job).
煤矿关闭使成千上万的矿工失去了工作。
put somebody in control/command/charge etc (=give someone authority over a group, activity, or organization) 让某人掌舵/指挥/负责等
 His boss resigned and Murphy was put in charge.
上司辞职后墨菲奉命主持工作。
 Politics puts me to sleep.
政治让我觉得很乏味。
 A knee injury put him out of action for three months.
膝盖受伤使他三个月不能行动。
3  write/print STH 写/用印刷体书写某物WRITE to write or print something or to make a mark with a pen or pencil 〔在…上〕书写；做〔标记〕
put something in/on/under etc something
 Put your name at the top of each answer sheet.
在每张答卷的顶端写上你的名字。
put something to something
 He put his signature to the contract (=he signed it to show he agreed with it).
他在合同上签了名。
► see thesaurus at write
4  express 表述 [always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]EXPRESS to say or write something using words in a particular way 〔以某种方式〕说，表达
put something well/cleverly/simply etc
 The question was well put.
这问题提得很好。
 So it was an accident, an ‘act of God’ if you want to put it like that.
那么这是个意外，是 上帝的作为”，如果你想那么说的话。
 When women joined the organization, it ‘took on a new look', as news reports put it.
女性加入以后，就如新闻报道中所说，那个机构“面貌焕然一新”。
 It is hard to put into words (=express) how I feel now.
我现在的感觉难以用语言描述。
 He’s not very musical, to put it mildly (=he’s not musical at all).
说得婉转点，他不是很有音乐天赋。
 We get on each other’s nerves, to put it bluntly (=to say exactly what I mean).
我们俩都让对方烦，坦白地说。
 It’s fairly risky. Or to put it another way (=say it in different words), don’t try this at home.
这样相当危险，或者换句话说，别试着在家里干。
 The subject matter makes the painting a little, how shall I put it (=how can I say it politely?), undesirable for public display.
这个主题让这幅画有点，怎么说呢，不适合公开展览。
5  put a stop/an end to something STOP something THAT IS HAPPENINGto stop an activity that is harmful or unacceptable 结束某事，停止某事〔指有害或者不被人接受的活动〕
 We must put an end to their threats.
我们必须让他们停止威胁。
Examples from the Corpus
put a stop/an end to something• That put an end to any stunt deemed risky, Weiss says.• This trite communication put an end to Emma's overtures and she began to fade from their lives.• Thus the event of her puberty puts an end to her pure childhood.• Her old feeling for him had returned; she was determined to put an end to his sufferings and bring him home.• It was Gloucester who chose to put an end to it.• To put an end to such exalted talk, I asked Mendl to tell me about Spats-making machinery.• Judge Frossard, it seems, wanted to put an end to the inertia.• Swiftly introduce new legislation to put an end to the trauma and misery suffered by child witnesses in court proceedings.• It's time the community worked together to put an end to the violence.
6  put something into action/effect/practice START DOING somethingto start using a plan, idea, knowledge etc 开始把〔计划、观点、知识等〕付诸实施[实践]
 James was keen to put some of the things he had learned into practice.
詹姆斯渴望把自己学到的一些知识付诸实践。
Examples from the Corpus
put something into action/effect/practice• Forest managers have been slow to put the plan into practice.• But he came gradually to see its viability and to contemplate ways of putting it into practice.• But there is a long way to go before he establishes a stable government that can put these qualities into action.• Charles, however, was determined to use the farm at Highgrove as a model to put his ideas into practice.• Guide us to recognise how great are your resources, and inspire us to put your plans into action.• If so, he was about to have an opportunity to put it into practice.• The next stage is to implement it or put it into action.• The next step is to put them into practice.• It's time to put his theories into practice and find out the reality.
7  ask/suggest 提问/建议SUGGEST to ask a question or make a suggestion, especially to get someone’s opinion or agreement 提出〔问题、建议等〕
8  put something right IMPROVEto make a situation better, especially after someone has made a mistake or behaved badly 把某事纠正过来
Examples from the Corpus
put something right• Larson has promised to put the city's finances right by the end of the year.
9  put somebody straight/right  (also set somebody straight/right)EXPLAIN to tell someone the true facts when they have made a mistake that annoys you 〔当某人犯了令人不悦的错误时〕说明事实真相
10  put something straight TIDYto make something look clean and tidy 整理某物，收拾某物
11  make SB/STH do STH 让某人/某物做某事 to make someone or something work or do something, or to use it 使工作；使做…；利用
12  have importance/quality 具有重要性/品质 [always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]ORDER/SEQUENCE to consider something as having a particular level of importance or quality 认为〔某物具有某种重要性、品质等〕
13  send SB somewhere 送某人到某处 [always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]PUT to arrange for someone to go to a place, or to make them go there 安排[使]〔某人〕去某处
14  put somebody on a train/plane etc PUTto take someone to a plane, train etc to start a journey 把某人送上火车/飞机等
15  put paid to something British EnglishBrEDESTROY to spoil and end your hopes or plans completely 使某事成为泡影
Examples from the Corpus
put paid to something• This was the cause of his deafness, which put paid to a planned career in the army and in politics.• Lefkowitz, a classicist and humanities professor at Wellesley College, puts paid to Afrocentric myth-making.• It rather put paid to any idea she'd had of motoring around and discovering more of the area though.• Yet an inflamed shin almost put paid to Sampras in the first week.• People were cursing the Greenhouse Effect and swearing that it had put paid to surf in Hawaii for all time.• But Travis McKenna had put paid to that by being particularly vigilant.• But the glint of mockery in his dark eyes put paid to that fantasy.• Hitler's assault in the summer of 1940 put paid to the agitation for peace negotiations.
16  I wouldn’t put it past somebody (to do something) spoken used to say that you think someone could easily do something wrong or illegal 我看某人干得出〔错的或违法的事情〕
17. MAKE EXTRA WORK 添麻烦put somebody to trouble/inconvenience especially British EnglishBrE to make extra work or cause problems for someone 给某人带来麻烦/不便
18  put it there spokenHELLOAGREE used to tell someone to put their hand in yours, either as a greeting or after making an agreement with them 来握握手〔表示问候或达成协议等〕
Examples from the Corpus
put it there• $500? OK, it's a deal. Put it there!• Any name that was on the list was there because Nikos had put it there.• He didn't remember putting it there.• Just for like if we put it there.• That must have been Lee who'd put it there.• There is nothing behind the cartoon sofa and if you find anything it's because you yourself have put it there.• Where every plant to sprout is known in advance because you put it there.• People think I put it there as a piece of pop art to decorate the room.• It hates you for putting it there, but is loyal to you because you bring it food.
19. throw 投DSO to throw a shot (=a heavy metal ball) in a sports competition 投〔铅球〕
→ put your finger on something at finger1(4), → put your foot down at foot1(13), → put your foot in it at foot1(15), → put the record straight at record1(11), → put something to (good) use at use2(4), → put your back into it at back2(19)
n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 4: to say or write something using words in a particular way
adverbs
well
Sorry, I’m not putting it very well.
simply
Put simply, our aim is to create art.
succinctly (=using only a few words)
A Russian economist put it most succinctly: ‘People do not care about carbon.’
mildly (=in a way that is not extreme)
His theory is controversial, to put it mildly.
bluntly/crudely/plainly (=in a direct way that may offend people)
I would put it more bluntly. I think you are wallowing in self-pity.
delicately (=in a way that will not offend people)
He had been drunk, or as Hilton delicately put it, ‘talkative’.
cleverly
I didn't agree with her, but she put her argument so cleverly that I was almost persuaded.
phrases
put something another way
The dress was too small for me, or, to put it another way, I was too big for it.
put something this/that way
Let me put it this way - she's not as young as she was.
put something like that/this
‘He's been completely irresponsible.’ ‘I wouldn’t put it quite like that.’
put something into words (=say what you are feeling or thinking)
She couldn’t put her feelings into words.
how shall I/we put it? (=used before saying something in an indirect or polite way)
Mr Lewis is now – how shall we put it? – hardly the influence he once was.
 THESAURUS
put to move something to a particular place 放,置
I’ve put the wine in the fridge.
我已把酒放进冰箱。
Where have you put my grey shirt?
你把我的灰色衬衫放哪里了？
place to put something somewhere carefully 〔小心〕放置
‘It’s beautiful, ’ he said, placing it back on the shelf.
“很漂亮。”他边说边把它放回架子上。
lay to put someone or something down carefully on a flat surface 〔小心〕搁放〔在平面上〕
He laid all the money on the table.
他把所有的钱都放到桌上。
She laid the baby on his bed.
她把宝宝放到他床上。
position to carefully put something in a suitable position 安置,置放〔于合适位置〕
Position the microphone to suit your height.
把麦克风放到适合你的高度。
Troops were positioned around the city.
城市四周安置了军队。
slip to put something somewhere with a quick movement 〔快速〕放,置
He slipped his arm around her waist.
他悄悄伸出手臂揽住她的腰。
Carrie quickly slipped the money into her bag.
卡丽迅速把钱塞进包里。
shove to put something into a space or container quickly or carelessly 随便放置,乱放
Shove anything you don’t want in that sack.
把你不要的东西都塞进那个袋子里。
I’ve ironed those shirts so don’t just shove them in a drawer.
那些衬衫我都熨过了,别胡乱塞进抽屉。
stick (also bung British EnglishBrE) informal to put something somewhere quickly or carelessly 随意地放
I stuck the address in my pocket and I can’t find it now.
我把地址塞进了衣袋,现在找不到了。
Could you bung those clothes in the washing machine?
你把那些衣服扔到洗衣机里去好吗？
dump to put something down somewhere in a careless and untidy way 倾倒
Don’t just dump all your bags in the kitchen.
别把袋子都乱丢在厨房里。
People shouldn’t dump rubbish at the side of the street.
人们不该把垃圾倒在路边。
pop informal to quickly put something somewhere, usually for a short time 〔短时间地〕放一放
Pop it in the microwave for a minute.
放进微波炉加热一分钟。
thrust literary to put something somewhere suddenly or forcefully 猛插,插入
‘Hide it, ’ he said, thrusting the watch into her hand.
“把它藏起来。”他边说边把手表塞到她手里。
to put something into a liquid 将某物放入液体
dip to put something into a liquid for a very short time and take it out again 蘸,浸
She dipped her hand in the water to see how hot it was.
她把手放在水里蘸一下看看有多烫。
Prawns are delicious dipped in a spicy sauce.
龙虾蘸一蘸辣汁很好吃。
plunge to put something quickly, firmly, and deeply into a liquid 浸入,投入〔液体中〕
Plunge the pasta into a pan of boiling water.
把意大利面放入一锅沸水中。
I had to plunge my arm in up to the elbow to reach the keys.
我只好把手伸进去直到肘部,去够钥匙。
dunk to put something such as a piece of bread or cake into a hot drink or soup before eating it 泡,浸
I love biscuits dunked in coffee.
我喜欢把饼干浸咖啡吃。
immerse to put something deep into a liquid so that it is completely covered 浸没,沉浸
If the plant’s leaves look dry, immerse the roots in water for a while.
如果这植物的叶子看上去干了,就把根在水里浸一会儿。
n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 7: to ask a question or make a suggestion, especially to get someone’s opinion or agreement
nouns
put a question (to somebody)
I will be putting that very question to her.
put a proposition/proposal to somebody
I’ve a proposition to put to you.
put a point to somebody
You should put that point to the Chancellor.
put a case (to somebody)
He wanted to put his case to the full committee.
phrases
put it to somebody that
I put it to him that what we needed was some independent advice.
 PHRASAL VERBS
Examples from the Corpus
put• I wrote to Marian, but I didn't put anything about Bill being arrested.• It's time to put everything away now.• Grandmother was getting too frail to live on her own, so we had to put her in an old people's home.• He put himself through school with wages earned as a carpenter.• She picked up a porcelain figurine and put it down again.• They put me in a room on my own and locked the door.• The stench and the bloody process we watched put me off tinned fish for many months.• I can't remember where I put my keys.• When did you last put oil in the car?• Groover Records are now putting on a Monday night club at two different venues.• The time has come to put such a fee in place.• The ground crew can now work to refuel, clean the squashed bugs off the bubble and put the aircraft to bed.• Just put the bags on the table.• I put the coin in my pocket.• I put the letter back in the envelope.• Where did you put the newspaper?• She put the sales slip in the plastic bag with the dress.• The photographer arranged the wedding guests, putting the smallest ones at the front.• Now they must try to put their dreams back together again.• I took my wallet out and took two fivers and put them on the table.• I'm not allowed to put up any posters in my bedroom.• Winning their last six games has put Utah into first place.• Just put 'with love from Jason' on the card.• This is music to put you in a relaxed mood.
put ... in danger• After all, the inspector himself admitted wondering whether Nicola had learnt or been given something that put her in danger.• But her disappearance hammers home that in modern Britain, even a fleeting two minutes alone can put a child in danger.• He loved his son very much and did not want to put him in danger.• The things that were ruled out were things that would put him in danger.• They claim the prison wouldn't be properly staffed and that the public could be put in danger.• Their falsehood puts it in danger of collapse.
put it like that• You don't have to put it like that.• It was too bad of me, I knew she would do the decent thing if I put it like that.• Orwell would not have put it like that.• This fact was discovered by Gregor Mendel in the last century, although he wouldn't have put it like that.• Once you put it like that, it can be see to be clearly false.• I had been four years at an evangelical theological college but no one had ever put it like that to me.
put a question to• And I saw another man with a wheel on his head and put a question to him.• As Mr Jones left, reporters were prevented from putting questions to him.• Then she put questions to the Archimandrite which provoked a severe apprehension in Miss Logan.• The hon. Lady should put a question to the Minister.
put ... to work• But they did put me to work.• The robot business began to look brighter as we built up experience in putting the machines to work.• True adaptation to society comes automatically when the adolescent reformer attempts to put his ideas to work.• But we do like the concept of putting juvenile criminals to work cleaning up the ballpark.• They are put to work for their hands, not for their minds or imaginations.• And it's written 100% for you: the professional developer. Put us to work for you today!• This model will be put to work in Chapter 7 where anti-inflation and anti-unemployment policies are discussed.• Taylor put Gantt to work on a vexing problem grown out of the metal-cutting experiments.
Put ... to bed• But there is a problem when it comes to putting the girls to bed.• He had to half carry me into my apartment and put me to bed.• I doubted that would have much effect, but gave him a double shampoo and put him to bed.• I was still weeping with fright when Uncle Bill put me to bed.• Luke must have put her to bed.• The family took Anna for the night and put her straight to bed.• The ground crew can now work to refuel, clean the squashed bugs off the bubble and put the aircraft to bed.• If Olwyn did not go of her own accord she was taken, undressed and washed and put to bed forcibly.
From Longman Business Dictionary
putput1 /pʊt/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp put, present participle putting)
1put a proposal/case etc to somebody to offer a proposal, plan etc to a group of people which they can accept or reject
The latest offer will be put to the negotiating committee this afternoon.
2put your name to something to sign a letter, document etc saying that you agree with what is written in it
→ put something → across
→ put something → aside
→ put something at something
→ put something → away
→ put something → back
→ put something → by
→ put something → down
→ put something → forward
→ put in
→ put something → in/into (something)
→ put in for something
→ put something on something
→ put something → out
→ put something → through
→ put something → up
putput2 noun [countableC]
FINANCE another name for PUT OPTION (=the right to sell shares etc at a particular price within a specific period of time)
In-the-money puts are options where the price at which the holder can sell the stock is well above the current market price of the shares.
Japanese players are holding a large amount of dollar puts at 132.4 yen.
Origin put
Old English putian
put verb
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