世博单词日记【32】put down；put forward

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细说put（2）

Put somebody down

（1）to control; defeat控制，击败
举例：put down the opposition击败对方

（2）informal to make feel humble（非正式）使自惭不如；贬低
例句：She really put him down when she called him lazy.当她说他懒惰时，她确实把他贬低了。

（3）to pay (an amount) as part of the cost of something with a promise to pay the rest over a period of time 付（一定数量）作为定金，也就相当于down payment(分期付款的头款)

put somebody down for something，
把（某人的名字）列入等候批准的申请人名单人（如比赛，入学等）

put something down to something，归因于。
例句：I put this bad temper down to his recent illness/to having had an unhappy childhood.我认为他脾气坏是因为他最近生病/童年不幸的缘故。

Put somebody/ something forward

（1）to offer提出。
例句 ：May I put your name forward as a possible chairman of the committee?我能否提名你为委员会主席？

（2）to cause to show a later time拨快（时间）
举例：put the clocks forward将时钟拨快