put-off

柯林斯词典

1. PHRASAL VERB If you put something off, you delay doing it. 推迟
Women who put off having a baby often make the best mothers. 晚育的妇女常常会成为最佳母亲。
2. PHRASAL VERB If you put someone off, you make them wait for something that they want. 使…等待; 把…搪塞过去
The old priest tried to put them off, saying that the hour was late. 那位老牧师试图把他们搪塞过去，说时间太晚了。
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; 使对…失去兴趣
The high divorce figures don't seem to be putting people off marriage. 高离婚率好像并没有使人们对婚姻望而却步。
His personal habits put them off. 他的个人习惯让他们反感。
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. 她要我严肃一点–说如果我大笑会让她分心。