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Everywhere elegant old buildings are being pulled down and mediocremodern erections are being put up．（pull down houses/pull them down）
到处都在拆毁美好的旧建筑，修建平庸的新建筑。
pull off（tr） 搞成功（宾语常用it）：
Much to our surprise he pulled off the deal．（pulled it off）
使我们很惊讶的是，他居然把这笔交易搞成功了。
pull through（tr/intr） 病愈，使人病愈：
We thought she was going to die but her own will…power pulled herthrough．（tr）
我们本以为她要死了，但是她自己的意志力帮助她活了过来。（及物动词）
He is very ill but he’ll pull through if we look after him carefully．（intr）
他病得很厉害，但是如果我们仔细照料他，他会病愈的。（不及物动词）
pull up（intr） （车辆）停下：
A lay…by is a space at the side of a main road，where drivers can pull up ifthey want a rest．
路边停车处是干道沿线供想休息的司机停车的地方。
put
put aside/by（tr） 保留以供将来使用（常指钱，而且前者常指为了某种目的而把钱存起来）：
He puts aside ￡50 a month to pay for his summer holiday．（puts itaside）
他每个月省下50镑存着，以备暑假用。
Don’t spend all your salary．Try to put something by each month．
别把薪水都花了。尽量每个月存下一点。
put away（tr） 整齐地收好（如放在抽屉或柜橱里）：
Put your toys away，children；it’s bedtime．（put away the toys/putthem away）
孩子们，把玩具放好；该去睡了。
put something back 放回原处，放到该放的地方：
When you’ve finished with the book put it back on the shelf．
你看完这本书后，把它放回书架上。
put back a clock/watch 把时针往回拨（有时是一种比喻，指恢复过去的习俗）：
Mother：Your father and I will arrange a marriage for youwhen the time es．
母亲：到了时候，你爸爸和我会给你安排婚事的。
Daughter：You’re trying to put the clock back，mother．Parents don’tarrange marriages these days！（put back the clock/put it back）
女儿：妈妈，你是想恢复过去的那一套。眼下当父母的不再为儿女安排婚事了！
put down（tr）
（a）放下（pick up的反义词）：
He picked up the saucepan and put it down at once because the handlewas almost red…hot．（put the saucepan down/put it down）
他拿起了锅，马上又把它放下了，因为锅柄差不多都烧红了。
（b）镇压起义，平息一次运动：
Troops were used to put down the rebellion．（put the rebellion down/putit down）
动用了军队镇压起义。
（c）写下来：
Put down his phone number before you forget it．（put the number down/put it down）
把他的电话号码写下来，别等忘了。
Customer（to shop assistant）：I’ll take that one．Please put it down to me/to my account．
顾客（对店员）：我买那一个。请记在我的账上。
put something down to（tr） 认为是由于……：
The children wouldn’t answer him，but he wasn’t annoyed as he put itdown to shyness．
孩子们不肯回答，但是他不恼，因为他认为这是因为孩子们害羞。
She hasn’t been well since she came to this country；I put it down to theclimate．
自从来到这个国家以后她一直身体不好。我认为是由于气候的缘故。
put forward a suggestion/proposal etc．提出建议等：
The older members of the mittee are inclined to veto any suggestions put forward by the younger ones．（put a suggestion forward/put it for…ward）
委员会的老成员们趋向于否决年轻成员们提出的任何建议。
put forward/on clocks and watches 把钟表往前拨（put for…ward是put back的反义词）：
In March people in England put their clocks forwad/on an hour．Whensummer time ends they put them back an hour．
英国人在3月份把时针向前拨一小时。夏时制结束时他们又把时针拨回一小时。
put in a claim 提出权利要求：
He put in a claim for pensation because he had lost his luggage in the train crash．
因为他在火车撞车事故中丢失了行李，他提出了赔偿损失的要求。
put in for a job/a post 求职：
They are looking for a lecturer in geography．Why don’t you put in forit？
他们在征聘一位地理讲师。你为什么不去求职？
put off an action 推迟某种行动：
Some people put off making their wills till it is too late．
有些人推迟立遗嘱的事，后来就来不及了。
I’ll put off my visit to Scotland till the weather is warmer．（put my visitoff/put it off）
我要把到苏格兰去访问的事推迟到天气转暖以后。
put a person off
（a）告诉某人推迟来访：
I had invited some guests to dinner but I had to put them off because apower cut prevented me from cooking anything．
我本来邀请一些客人来吃饭，但是不得不告诉他们先别来了，因为停电使我无法做菜。
（b）拒绝或推阻某人：
I wanted to see the exhibition but the queue put me off．
我本想去看展览会，但是排队的人太多，使我不想看了。
Many people who want to e to England are put off by the stories theyhear about English weather．
许多想游览英国的人因为听说英国天气不好就不来了。
put on a light/gas or electric fire/radio 打开（电灯/煤气灶或电气灶/收音机）：
Put on the light．（put the light on/put it on）
打开灯。
put on a play 上演一出戏：
The students usually put on a play at the end of the year．
学生们一般都在年终上演一出戏。
put on an expression 做出某种表情：
He put on an air of indifference，which didn’t deceive anybody for a mo…ment．
他装出漠不关心的样子，这一点也骗不了任何人。
put on clothes/glasses/jewellery 穿，戴（反义词是take off）：
He put on a black coat so that he would be inconspicuous．（put a coaton/put it on）
他穿了一件黑外套，为了让自己不显眼。
She put on her glasses and took the letter from my hand．
她戴上了眼镜，拿过我手里的信。
put out any kind of light or fire 熄灭（灯或火）：
Put out that light．（put the light out/put it out）
把那灯关了。
put someone out 使某人不便：
He is very selfish．He wouldn’t put himself out for anyone．
他很自私。他绝不会为任何人出点力。
be put out 感到不快：
She was very put out when I said that her new summer dress didn’t suither．
我告诉她那件新的夏装不适合她时，她非常不高兴。
put up（tr）
（a）建起（房屋、纪念物、雕像等）：
He put up a shed in the garden．（put a shed up/put it up）
他在花园里盖了一个棚子。
（b）提价：
When the importation of foreign tomatoes was forbidden，home growersput up their prices．（put their prices up/put them up）
禁止进口外国的西红柿以后，国内种西红柿的人就提高价钱了。
put someone up（宾语常位于up之前） 暂时留某人住下：
If you e to Paris I will put you up．You needn’t look for a hotel．
如果你到巴黎来，可以住在我那儿。你不必去找旅馆了。
put someone up to something（常指某种诡计）怂恿某人去做某事，告诉某人如何做某事：
He couldn’t have thought of that trick