put off

verb

1. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

e.g. He dodged the issue
she skirted the problem
They tend to evade their responsibilities
he evaded the questions skillfully

Synonym: hedgefudgeevadecircumventparryeludeskirtdodgeducksidestep

2. cause to feel embarrassment

e.g. The constant attention of the young man confused her

Synonym: confuseflurrydisconcert

3. cause to feel intense dislike or distaste

Synonym: turn off

4. take away the enthusiasm of

Synonym: dishearten

5. hold back to a later time

e.g. let's postpone the exam

Synonym: postponeproroguehold overput overtableshelveset backdeferremit

1. 推迟；拖延
If you put something off, you delay doing it.

e.g. Women who put off having a baby often make the best mothers...
晚育的女性经常会成为最优秀的母亲。
e.g. The Association has put the event off until October.
协会已把这次活动推迟至10月。

2. 敷衍；搪塞
If you put someone off, you make them wait for something that they want.

put off

e.g. The old priest tried to put them off, saying that the hour was late.
老牧师搪塞他们说时间太晚了。

3. 使反感；使对…失去兴趣
If something puts you off something, it makes you dislike it, or decide not to do or have it.

e.g. The high divorce figures don't seem to be putting people off marriage...
离婚的人很多，但这好像并没有打消人们对结婚的热情。
e.g. His personal habits put them off...
他们很讨厌他的一些个人习惯。

4. 使分心；搅扰
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.

e.g. She asked me to be serious — said it put her off if I laughed...
她要求我严肃一点——说如果我笑的话会使她分心。
e.g. It put her off revising for her exams.
这影响了她复习备考。

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1. 延迟：勒维纳斯就曾透过海德格(Heidegger)来呈现这种思索自身的矛盾,他认为海德格借着一种对于此在(Dasein)的发问虽然提问了光之于解放(freedom)对于人所作的占有(possessed),但却未将光自身加以问题化,反倒是借着某种延迟(put off)的中性语汇而再次将

2. put off

2. 推迟,推延：put in驶进 | put off推迟,推延 | put on穿上,戴上;上演;增加(体重)

3. 推迟,拖延;阻碍：put in 花费;正式提出 . | put off 推迟,拖延;阻碍 . | put on 穿上;上演;教唆 .