Put off ni kuahirisha jambo hadi wakati mwingine au kumfanya mtu apoteze hamu nalo. Maana ya kwanza huhusu mikutano, safari na kazi usizotaka kuanza. Ya pili huhusu itikio kwa kitu kisichopendeza, kama harufu, bei au sauti ya ukali.
Unataka kutumia put off katika mazungumzo?
Tunga sentensi; tutaonyesha makosa na kupendekeza namna ya kusema inayofaa zaidi.
Ukaguzi unachukua muda mrefu kuliko kawaida. Maoni yataonekana hapa yenyewe.
put off + noun/-ing; put something off until + time; put someone off + noun/-ing
- I kept putting off my dentist appointment until the pain got too bad.
- The concert was put off until June because the singer lost her voice.
- The long queue at the entrance put me off visiting the museum.
Kilichobadilika
Toleo la kwanzaWe put off to book the tickets until the last minute.
Baada ya marekebishoWe put off booking the tickets until the last minute.
Baada ya put off, kitenzi huchukua -ing, si to + kitenzi: put off booking, si put off to book. Umbo la kitenzi pekee limebadilika; sehemu nyingine imebaki.
Katika maana ya pili, sababu huja kabla ya put off na mtu baada yake. The smell put me off my dinner ni harufu ilikufanya ukose hamu ya kula. The price put me off buying the course ni bei ilikufanya uamue kutonunua. Sentensi ikitaja tarehe mpya au muda wa mwisho, huenda ni maana ya kwanza, kuahirisha.
Zamu yako
We ___ the team meeting until Monday because half of us were at a conference.
Onyesha jibu
put off — Until Monday hutoa tarehe mpya: mkutano bado utafanyika, lakini baadaye, yaani put off. Called off ni kufutwa; hapa maelezo yanahamisha tukio lilelile hadi Jumatatu.
Andika kuhusu jambo unaloendelea kuahirisha. Taja kazi hiyo na useme umeiahirisha hadi lini.
I've put off cleaning the balcony until the weekend because it's been raining all week.
Jifunze kutumia maneno mapya kwa usahihi
Tunga sentensi kwa maneno unayojifunza. LetsWords inaonyesha makosa ya matumizi na sarufi, inapendekeza marekebisho na kuyaeleza kwa lugha yako ya mama; kurudia kunasaidia kukumbuka maneno.