put-off

柯林斯詞典

1. PHRASAL VERB If you put something off, you delay doing it. 推遲
Women who put off having a baby often make the best mothers. 晚育的婦女常常會成為最佳母親。
2. PHRASAL VERB If you put someone off, you make them wait for something that they want. 使…等待; 把…搪塞過去
The old priest tried to put them off, saying that the hour was late. 那位老牧師試圖把他們搪塞過去，說時間太晚了。
3. PHRASAL VERB If something puts you off something, it makes you dislike it, or decide not to do or have it. 使反感; 使對…失去興趣
The high divorce figures don't seem to be putting people off marriage. 高離婚率好像并沒有使人們對婚姻望而卻步。
His personal habits put them off. 他的個人習慣讓他們反感。
4. PHRASAL VERB If someone or something puts you off, they take your attention from what you are trying to do and make it more difficult for you to do it. 使分心
She asked me to be serious – said it put her off if I laughed. 她要我嚴肅一點–說如果我大笑會讓她分心。