put down

• 动词短语，表示把某物放在表面上、放下；也可指镇压、压制，或贬低、批评某人；还可指记录下来。

A phrasal verb used to indicate placing something on a surface, suppressing something, or criticizing someone.

不可数 · 不规则动词 · 及物 · 短语动词，可分

1. Place something on a surfaceformal

   To set something down from your hand onto a surface.

   放下

   • She put down her bag on the table.
   • He put down the book and looked up.
   • Please put down the glass carefully.

   同义词depositlay downleaveplacerestset downsettle

   反义词liftpick upraise

2. Criticize or humiliateinformal

   To insult or make someone feel foolish or inferior.

   贬低

   • He always puts down his colleagues in meetings.
   • She felt put down by his sarcastic comments.
   • Stop putting yourself down; you did a great job.

   同义词belittledegradedemeandenigratedeprecatedisparagehumiliateinsultmockmortifyridiculeshameslightsnub

   反义词applaudcommendcomplimentexaltflatterglorifyhonorlaudpraiseuplift

3. Write something downformal

   To record something in writing.

   记下

   • Put down your name and address on the form.
   • I put down the important points from the lecture.
   • She put down the recipe in her notebook.

   同义词inscribejot downnoterecordset downtake downtranscribewrite down

   反义词deleteeraseremove

4. Suppress or end somethingformal

   To stop or end something by force, such as a rebellion or protest.

   镇压

   • The government put down the uprising quickly.
   • The police were called to put down the riot.
   • The rebellion was put down with military force.

   同义词crushquashquellrepresssquashstamp outsubduesuppress

   反义词encouragefosterincitepromoteprovokestimulatesupport

基本动词put