put down

柯林斯詞典

put down (putting,puts)

• 1. PHRASAL VERB If you put something down somewhere, you write or type it there. 寫下; 用打字機(jī)打下

  Never put anything down on paper which might be used in evidence against you at a later date. 不要在紙上寫下任何東西，免得日后成為對你不利的證據(jù)。

  The journalists simply put down what they thought they heard. 記者們只是記下他們認(rèn)為自己聽到的東西。

• 2. PHRASAL VERB If you put down some money, you pay part of the price of something, and will pay the rest later. 付訂金

  He bought an investment property for $100,000 and put down $20,000. 他買了一處價值$10萬的投資性房產(chǎn)，并支付了$2萬的訂金。

• 3. PHRASAL VERB When soldiers, police, or the government put down a riot or rebellion, they stop it by using force. 鎮(zhèn)壓 (暴動、叛亂)

  Soldiers went in to put down a rebellion. 士兵們攻進(jìn)去鎮(zhèn)壓了一場叛亂。

• 4. PHRASAL VERB If someone puts you down, they treat you in an unpleasant way by criticizing you in front of other people or making you appear foolish. 當(dāng)眾批評; 捉弄

  I know that I do put people down occasionally. 我知道我有時候確實(shí)會傷人面子。

  Racist jokes come from wanting to put down other kinds of people we feel threatened by. 種族笑話源于我們想捉弄那些我們感到有威脅的異族人。

• 5. →see also put-down

• 6. PHRASAL VERB When an animal is put down, it is killed because it is dangerous or very ill. 殺死 (危險或病重的動物)

  The judge ordered their dog Samson to be put down immediately. 該法官下令立即殺掉他們的狗薩姆森。

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