put back

英 [pʊt bæk]

美 [pʊt bæk]

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 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。
• 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。
• A terrible storm forced the ship to put back.
  可怕的风暴迫使这条船返航了。
• If I put back the whole bar, I wouldn't have done anything wrong at all.
  如果我把整块巧克力放回去的话，那我就根本没干过什么错事了。
• His case was put back because of the lack of evidence.
  他的案子由于证据不足被推迟审判了。
• I was brought up in a culture that said you must put back into the society what you have taken out.
  我成长于其中的那个社会文化认为，取之社会必须回报社会。
• 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 meeting has been put back to next week.
  这次会议已延期到下周了。
• He failed his examinations and was put back a whole year.
  他考试不及格，被留了一级。
• We cannot put back the clock.
  我们无法让时光倒流。