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put-on是什么意思

put-on

英美 ['pʊtɔn]

n. 做作的；假装的；骗局

英文词源

put-on (n.): "ruse, deception," 1937, from earlier adjectival meaning "assumed, feigned" (1620s), a figurative extension of the notion of putting on costumes or disguises; from put (v.) + on (adv.). The expression put (someone) on "play a trick on" seems to be a back-formation from the noun.

双语例句

1. Barry had his nose put out of joint by Lucy's aloof sophistication.: 露西的冷淡与世故使得巴里十分不快。

2. Her bed was crisply made, her clothes put away.: 她的床收拾得很整洁，衣服也收起来了。

3. The teacher training college put up a plaque to the college's founder.: 那所教师培训学院为该学院的创立者立了一块纪念牌匾。

4. Rationing had put an end to a surfeit of biscuits long ago.: 定量供应很久以前就结束了饼干过剩的状况。

5. He put the case to the Saudi Foreign Minister.: 他把这起事件向沙特外长作了说明。