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put /pʊt/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp put, present participle putting) [transitiveT]
1  move to place 移到某處 [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?
你把節目單放在哪裏了？
2  change SB’s situation/feelings 改變某人的境況/情緒 [always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]CHANGE/MAKE something DIFFERENT to make someone be in a situation or have a feeling 改變〔某人〕的狀況
Don’t put yourself into a situation you can’t handle.
不要讓自己陷入無法收拾的局面。
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.
長時間的延誤使我們大家心情都不好。
I don’t want to put you in danger.
我不想讓你陷入危險。
Pit closures have put thousands of miners out of a job (=made them lose their job).
煤礦關閉使成千上萬的礦工失去了工作。
put somebody in control/command/charge etc (=give someone authority over a group, activity, or organization) 讓某人掌舵/指揮/負責等
His boss resigned and Murphy was put in charge.
上司辭職後墨菲奉命主持工作。
Politics puts me to sleep.
政治讓我覺得很乏味。
A knee injury put him out of action for three months.
膝蓋受傷使他三個月不能行動。
3  write/print STH 寫/用印刷體書寫某物WRITE to write or print something or to make a mark with a pen or pencil 〔在…上〕書寫；做〔標記〕
put something in/on/under etc something
Put your name at the top of each answer sheet.
在每張答卷的頂端寫上你的名字。
put something to something
He put his signature to the contract (=he signed it to show he agreed with it).
他在合同上簽了名。
► see thesaurus at write
4  express 表述 [always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]EXPRESS to say or write something using words in a particular way 〔以某種方式〕說，表達
put something well/cleverly/simply etc
The question was well put.
這問題提得很好。
So it was an accident, an ‘act of God’ if you want to put it like that.
那麽這是個意外，是 上帝的作爲”，如果你想那麽說的話。
When women joined the organization, it ‘took on a new look', as news reports put it.
女性加入以後，就如新聞報道中所說，那個機構“面貌煥然一新”。
It is hard to put into words (=express) how I feel now.
我現在的感覺難以用語言描述。
He’s not very musical, to put it mildly (=he’s not musical at all).
說得婉轉點，他不是很有音樂天賦。
We get on each other’s nerves, to put it bluntly (=to say exactly what I mean).
我們倆都讓對方煩，坦白地說。
It’s fairly risky. Or to put it another way (=say it in different words), don’t try this at home.
這樣相當危險，或者換句話說，别試着在家裏幹。
The subject matter makes the painting a little, how shall I put it (=how can I say it politely?), undesirable for public display.
這個主題讓這幅畫有點，怎麽說呢，不適合公開展覽。
5  put a stop/an end to something STOP something THAT IS HAPPENINGto stop an activity that is harmful or unacceptable 結束某事，停止某事〔指有害或者不被人接受的活動〕
We must put an end to their threats.
我們必須讓他們停止威脅。
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 開始把〔計劃、觀點、知識等〕付諸實施[實踐]
James was keen to put some of the things he had learned into practice.
詹姆斯渴望把自己學到的一些知識付諸實踐。
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 提問/建議SUGGEST to ask a question or make a suggestion, especially to get someone’s opinion or agreement 提出〔問題、建議等〕
put a proposition/proposal/case etc to somebody
He put the proposal to his wife.
他向妻子提了那個建議。
put something before somebody
The budget was put before the board of directors.
預算被提交董事會批準。
Can I put a question to you?
我能問你一個問題嗎？
I put it to you that this proposal has to be considered.
我請你務必考慮這條建議。
8  put something right IMPROVEto make a situation better, especially after someone has made a mistake or behaved badly 把某事糾正過來
He has a chance to put things right by admitting a mistake was made.
他還有機會扭轉局面，那就是承認犯了錯。
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 〔當某人犯了令人不悅的錯誤時〕說明事實真相
A young man was in here asking for ‘Miss’ Whalby, but I put him right on that one.
一名年輕男子來找威爾比“小姐”，不過我向他挑明他弄錯了稱呼。
10  put something straight TIDYto make something look clean and tidy 整理某物，收拾某物
It took us all weekend to put the garden straight.
我們花了整個周末才收拾好花園。
11  make SB/STH do STH 讓某人/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
a scheme to put unemployed people to work on government construction projects
讓失業人員參與政府施工項目的計劃
If you have a spare room, put it to work for you – take in a lodger.
如果你有空閒的房間，就把它利用起來——收一個房客。
Computer games are being put to use in the classroom.
電腦遊戲正應用於課堂教學。
5We put 15 cars to the test (= we tested them ) .
我們測試了15輛汽車。
12  have importance/quality 具有重要性/品質 [always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]ORDER/SEQUENCE to consider something as having a particular level of importance or quality 認爲〔某物具有某種重要性、品質等〕
put somebody as/among/in etc something
A recent poll put Dr Martens among the world’s top thirty designer labels.
最近一項民意調查把馬丁大夫列入世界設計師品牌前30名。
put somebody/something before somebody/something
Some companies put profit before safety.
一些公司視利潤高於安全。
put somebody/something first/second etc
The job’s important to him, but he puts his family first.
這份工作對他很重要，不過他還是把家庭放在首位。
13  send SB somewhere 送某人到某處 [always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]PUT to arrange for someone to go to a place, or to make them go there 安排[使]〔某人〕去某處
put somebody in (something)
The company is putting in new management.
公司正在部署新的管理層。
Pneumonia put him in the hospital for a week.
肺炎令他住院一個星期。
Put the boys to bed around eight o'clock.
八點左右讓孩子們上床。
14  put somebody on a train/plane etc PUTto take someone to a plane, train etc to start a journey 把某人送上火車/飛機等
I put her on the plane for London.
我送她上了去倫敦的飛機。
15  put paid to something British EnglishBrEDESTROY to spoil and end your hopes or plans completely 使某事成爲泡影
A car accident put paid to his chances of taking part in the race.
一起交通事故使他參加賽跑的機會成了泡影。
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 我看某人幹得出〔錯的或違法的事情〕
I wouldn’t put it past him to use force.
我看他幹得出動粗的事情。
17. MAKE EXTRA WORK 添麻煩put somebody to trouble/inconvenience especially British EnglishBrE to make extra work or cause problems for someone 給某人帶來麻煩/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 來握握手〔表示問候或達成協議等〕
$500? OK, it’s a deal. Put it there!
500 美元？好吧，成交了。 握個手吧！
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〔鉛球〕
→ 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.
我已把酒放進冰箱。
Where have you put my grey shirt?
你把我的灰色襯衫放哪裏了？
place to put something somewhere carefully 〔小心〕放置
‘It’s beautiful, ’ he said, placing it back on the shelf.
“很漂亮。”他邊說邊把它放回架子上。
lay to put someone or something down carefully on a flat surface 〔小心〕擱放〔在平面上〕
He laid all the money on the table.
他把所有的錢都放到桌上。
She laid the baby on his bed.
她把寶寶放到他床上。
position to carefully put something in a suitable position 安置,置放〔於合適位置〕
Position the microphone to suit your height.
把麥克風放到適合你的高度。
Troops were positioned around the city.
城市四周安置了軍隊。
slip to put something somewhere with a quick movement 〔快速〕放,置
He slipped his arm around her waist.
他悄悄伸出手臂攬住她的腰。
Carrie quickly slipped the money into her bag.
卡麗迅速把錢塞進包裏。
shove to put something into a space or container quickly or carelessly 随便放置,亂放
Shove anything you don’t want in that sack.
把你不要的東西都塞進那個袋子裏。
I’ve ironed those shirts so don’t just shove them in a drawer.
那些襯衫我都熨過了,别胡亂塞進抽屜。
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.
我把地址塞進了衣袋,現在找不到了。
Could you bung those clothes in the washing machine?
你把那些衣服扔到洗衣機裏去好嗎？
dump to put something down somewhere in a careless and untidy way 傾倒
Don’t just dump all your bags in the kitchen.
别把袋子都亂丢在廚房裏。
People shouldn’t dump rubbish at the side of the street.
人們不該把垃圾倒在路邊。
pop informal to quickly put something somewhere, usually for a short time 〔短時間地〕放一放
Pop it in the microwave for a minute.
放進微波爐加熱一分鐘。
thrust literary to put something somewhere suddenly or forcefully 猛插,插入
‘Hide it, ’ he said, thrusting the watch into her hand.
“把它藏起來。”他邊說邊把手表塞到她手裏。
to put something into a liquid 將某物放入液體
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.
她把手放在水裏蘸一下看看有多燙。
Prawns are delicious dipped in a spicy sauce.
龍蝦蘸一蘸辣汁很好吃。
plunge to put something quickly, firmly, and deeply into a liquid 浸入,投入〔液體中〕
Plunge the pasta into a pan of boiling water.
把意大利面放入一鍋沸水中。
I had to plunge my arm in up to the elbow to reach the keys.
我只好把手伸進去直到肘部,去夠鑰匙。
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.
我喜歡把餅幹浸咖啡吃。
immerse to put something deep into a liquid so that it is completely covered 浸沒,沉浸
If the plant’s leaves look dry, immerse the roots in water for a while.
如果這植物的葉子看上去幹了,就把根在水裏浸一會兒。
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

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