| 单词 | put paid to something |
| 释义 | put paid to somethingput paid to something 1 British EnglishBrE to stop something from happening or spoil plans for something 使某事落空，破坏某事的计划 Bad exam results put paid to his hopes of a university place. 糟糕的考试成绩让他上大学的希望破灭了。 Examples from the Corpus put paid to something• This was the cause of his deafness, which put paid to a planned career in the army and in politics.• Lefkowitz, a classicist and humanities professor at Wellesley College, puts paid to Afrocentric myth-making.• It rather put paid to any idea she'd had of motoring around and discovering more of the area though.• Yet an inflamed shin almost put paid to Sampras in the first week.• People were cursing the Greenhouse Effect and swearing that it had put paid to surf in Hawaii for all time.• But Travis McKenna had put paid to that by being particularly vigilant.• But the glint of mockery in his dark eyes put paid to that fantasy.• Hitler's assault in the summer of 1940 put paid to the agitation for peace negotiations. → put paid to something at pay1(4) 2 British EnglishBrEDESTROY to spoil and end your hopes or plans completely 使某事成为泡影 A car accident put paid to his chances of taking part in the race. 一起交通事故使他参加赛跑的机会成了泡影。 Examples from the Corpus put paid to something• This was the cause of his deafness, which put paid to a planned career in the army and in politics.• Lefkowitz, a classicist and humanities professor at Wellesley College, puts paid to Afrocentric myth-making.• It rather put paid to any idea she'd had of motoring around and discovering more of the area though.• Yet an inflamed shin almost put paid to Sampras in the first week.• People were cursing the Greenhouse Effect and swearing that it had put paid to surf in Hawaii for all time.• But Travis McKenna had put paid to that by being particularly vigilant.• But the glint of mockery in his dark eyes put paid to that fantasy.• Hitler's assault in the summer of 1940 put paid to the agitation for peace negotiations. → put paid to something at put(7) |
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