| 单词 | put somebody in their place |
| 释义 | put somebody in their placeput somebody in their place REJECT/NOT ACCEPTto show someone that they are not as clever or important as they think they are 使某人明白自己的地位；杀某人的气焰 I soon put him in his place. 我很快就杀掉了他的气焰。 Examples from the Corpus put somebody in their place• Battered and beleaguered, Arsenal had been put firmly in their place.• Was Morrissey helped put them in their place.• I'd like to put her in her place - she thinks she's so special.• The Administration of Justice Act 1982 swept away the remaining ones without putting anything in their place. → put somebody in their place at place1(12) |
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