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put off something
She put off the meeting until next week.
她把会议推迟到了下周。
推迟；延后
puts off — third person singular of put off
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推迟；延后
to postpone or delay something to a later time
She put off the meeting until next week.
她把会议推迟到了下周。
推迟,尤其是因拖延。
To postpone, especially through procrastination.
推迟(任务、事件等)
To delay (a task, event, etc.).
分心；扰乱注意力。
To distract; to disturb the concentration of.
使反感；劝阻
To cause to dislike; to discourage (from doing).
put off
Base
原形
puts off
3rd person
第三人称单数
putting off
-ing
现在分词
put off
Past
过去式
put off
Past participle
过去分词
I usually put off my homework until Sunday.
我通常把作业推迟到周日。
She put off the meeting because she was sick.
她因为生病推迟了会议。
They are putting off the trip until the weather gets better.
他们正在把旅行推迟到天气好转之后。
put off 常表示“推迟”，后可接名词或动名词；put 是不规则动词，过去式和过去分词仍为 put。
We had to put off the meeting until Friday because the manager was sick.
我们不得不把会议推迟到周五，因为经理生病了。
She keeps putting off her dentist appointment, even though her tooth hurts.
她一直推迟牙医预约，即使牙疼。
Don't put off your homework until the last minute.
别把作业拖到最后一刻。
She put off the meeting until next week.
她把会议推迟到了下周。
put off后接动名词形式。
He put off doing his homework until Sunday.
他把做作业推迟到了周日。
They put off the appointment until Friday.
他们把约会推迟到了周五。
Not this
I put off to do my homework.
Use this
I put off doing my homework.
在'put off'之后应使用动名词（gerund），而不是不定式（infinitive）。
Not this
I put off it.
Use this
I put it off.
代词宾语应放在动词和介词之间，即'put it off'，而非'put off it'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
拖延做某事
He kept putting off making the phone call.
他一直拖延着不打那个电话。
推迟会议
They put off the meeting until Friday.
他们把会议推迟到星期五。
使某人分心
Don't let the noise put you off while you're reading.
别让噪音在你读书时分你的心。
被……打消念头；因……而反感
I was put off by his rude tone.
他粗鲁的语气让我很反感。
散发出气味
The gas put off a strong smell.
这种气体散发出强烈的气味。
拖延做讨厌的事；尽量推迟不愉快的事情
I've been putting off the evil day when I have to clean the garage.
我一直拖着不清理车库，尽量推迟这件讨厌的事。
使某人失去线索；误导某人
The false trail put the reporters off the scent.
那条假线索把记者们引向了错误的方向。
分散某人的注意力使其表现失常；干扰某人发挥
The noisy crowd put the tennis player off her game.
喧闹的人群分散了那位网球选手的注意力，使她发挥失常。
永远不要把今天能做的事拖到明天。
A common proverb popularized in Benjamin Franklin's 'Poor Richard's Almanack', often said to encourage promptness and not to procrastinate.
这句常见谚语因本杰明·富兰克林的《穷理查年鉴》而广为人知，常用于鼓励人们做事要及时，不要拖延。
永远不要把今天能做的事推迟到后天。
A humorous twist on the proverb by Mark Twain, mocking overly strict advice by suggesting even more procrastination. Often quoted as a witty saying.
这是马克·吐温对那句谚语的幽默改编，通过建议把事拖到后天来做，讽刺了过于绝对的建议。常被引用为俏皮话。
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联想：把(put)事情推到一边(off)，即推迟再办。
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常对话中谈论计划或安排、工作或学习中说到延期任务 表示“推迟、拖延”时，口语和一般书面语都常用，但正式文体里更多用postpone。
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