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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- put on the tenter-hooks
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1.
歪曲，曲解（事实、真理、词义等）
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2.
违背（良心）
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3.
滥用（权力），越出（权限）
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4.
使（才能）受到严重考验
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1.
歪曲，曲解（事实、真理、词义等）
Examples
- to put the accent on highway construction
- 注重公路修筑 → accent
- Put the book aside for me.
- 把书给我留下。 → aside
- to put one's tools away
- 把自己的工具收拾好 → away
- put some back into the work
- 全力以赴 → back
- to put an agreement down in black and white
- 将协议用白纸黑字写下来 → black and white
- We have put money by.
- 我们已把钱存放好了。 → by
- to put a wrong construction on a statement
- 对声明进行曲解 → construction
- Put it down.
- 把它放下。 → down
- to put less emphasis on athletics
- 不太强调体育运动 → athletics
- the exact spot where I put it
- 正是我把它放置的(确切)地点 → exact
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