单词：put-off
音标：['pjtɔf,-ɔ:f] ；
n. 遁辞, 推迟, 延期
n. A shift for evasion or delay; an evasion; an excuse.
put-off的用法和样例：
例句
用作名词(n.)
- The flight was put off because of ground fog.由于地面有雾，这次班机延迟起飞。
- I hope the rain will hold off for a few more hours.我希望雨延迟几小时后再下。
- He put them off with one excuse and another.他一再借故推脱。
- But many others are put off by Google's cocksure assertion of its own holiness, as if it merited unquestioning trust.但是也有很多公司被谷歌自己至尊的可信的宣言推脱掉了，好像他们应该得到这种毫无疑问的信任。
- I'm not going to be put off with that excuse.我不会被那个借口敷衍过去的。
- On various pretexts they all moved off.他们以各种各样的借口纷纷离开了。
词汇搭配
- put someone off his stroke干扰某人,打乱某人的...
- put someone off his guard使某人失去警惕...
- put someone off his stride干扰某人,打乱某人的...
- put off one's mask摘下假面具,露出真面...
- put off the mask摘下假面具,露出真面...
- put someone off his mettle使某人泄气
- put off不安
- put off the scent转移追踪方向...