put是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 If you put the phone down, you place it or the receiver back in the position you keep it in when it is not being used. -- 放下（電話聽筒）

• 1 to pay part of the cost and promise to pay the rest later -- 付（訂金）

  • I've put a deposit down on a new car. 我已經為新車支付了訂金。

• 2 to kill an animal that is old, sick, or injured, to prevent it from suffering -- 殺死（衰老或有傷病的動物以免除其痛苦）

  • If a horse breaks its leg, it usually has to be put down. 如果馬的腿斷了通常就得被殺死。

• 3 to stop or limit an opposing political event or group -- 平定，鎮壓

  • Police used tear gas to put the riot down. 員警使用了催淚瓦斯來平定暴動。

  • Thousands of troops were needed to put down the uprising. 需要數千名士兵來平定暴動。

• 4 to reduce a price or a charge -- 降低（價格或費用）

  • Shops are being forced to put their prices down in order to attract customers. 商店為了吸引顧客正在被迫降價。

  • It's time that the government put down interest rates. 政府該降低利率了。