〈 post.pone 〉

【及物動詞】

post.poned, post.pon.ing, post.pones

1 延緩, 延遲, 延後

2 放在次要位置; 附屬

【形容詞】

post.pona.ble

【名詞】

post.ponement

【名詞】

post.poner

〈 1．take off脫去 〉

*As it got warmer，I put off my overcoat．天氣暖和了些，我脫去了大衣。

2．postpone推遲

*Never put off till tomorrow what may he done today．今天可以幹的事絕不要拖到明天。

*The concert had to be put off because the main singer was ill．由于主要歌唱演員病了，音樂會不得為延期。

*He had to put off his trip to Japan for two weeks．他只好把去日本的行期推遲兩週。

3．distract使分散

*The slightest noise puts me off when I am concentrating．當我精神高度集中的時候，很輕的聲音都會使我注意力分散。

*I don't like people talking when I'm writing a letter；it puts me off．我寫信時不喜歡別人談話，那會使我分心。

4．embarrass；displease使為難

*Don't be put off by his appearance；he's nice when you get to know him．不要對他的外表反感，當你與他熟悉後，你會覺得他為人很好。

*Don't let his rough manners put you off．不要對他的粗魯態度不高興。

*I was very hungry but the smell of rotten eggs put me off．我非常餓，但臭雞蛋味使我倒胃口。

*I was rather put off by the shamelessness of his proposal．我對他的無恥建議深感不安。

5．move out to sea出海航行

*They put off in small boats to meet the coming ship．他們分乘小船出海去迎接那只大船。

6．avoid推脫；回避

*He put her off with the excuse that he had too much work to do．他以有很多工作要做為借口來搪塞她。

*They refused to have their demands put off．他們不許人家對他們的要求加以搪塞。

7．discourage sb．or cause sb．to lose interest in sth．使洩氣；阻止；勸阻

*I wanted to say something，but her face quite put me off．我本來要說幾句，但看到她的神情，又沒有勇氣開口了。

8．let or make sb．get out of a vehicle讓人下車

*Ask the conductor to put you off at the next stop．告訴售票員在下一站讓你下車。

9．get rid of丟棄；拋掉

*He decided to put off all personal considerations and accept the task assigned to him．他決定拋棄一切個人打算，接受交給他的任務。

*He had put off all personal cares．他已擺脫了一切個人的煩惱。

10．send to sleep；anaesthetize使入睡；使麻醉

*This medicine will soon put you off．這種藥會使你迅速入睡。

〈 shunt 〉

【名詞】

1 轉向

2 （鐵路的） 轉轍器

3『電學』（也作 bypass） 分路

4『醫學』分流的通管

【動詞】

shunt.ed, shunt.ing, shunts

【及物動詞】

1 使轉向

shunting traffic around an accident 轉向以避開車禍的現場

2 忽視不理; 規避

urgent problems that society can no longer shunt aside社會大眾不能再規避的緊急問題

3 變換 （車道）; 使火車轉至另一軌道

4『電學』分路

【不及物動詞】

1 移開; 轉向

2『電學』（電路） 分路

【名詞】

shunter