To put someone off 让人扫兴退却

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        今日短语
        To put someone off doing something 就是让某人扫兴乃至退却。往往是通过告知对方做这件事会带来不良后果，让他放弃或失去兴趣。
        例句
        I don’t want to put you off but that film you are going to see tonight has got really bad reviews.
        I was thinking of trying the new Italian restaurant in town but after what you said about the service there it’s put me off a bit.
        请注意
        短语 put something off 意思是“推迟、延期”。
        例句
        I was going to have a barbecue on Saturday but the forecast is for rain, so I’m going to put it off until Sunday.
        I see the university has put off the announcement of the appointment of the new faculty head. I heard she didn’t actually want the job.
       

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