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　　put forward 把…提前;提出：

　　We have put forward the wedding by two weeks. 我们把婚礼提前了两周。

　　Who put forward a theory about black holes? 谁提出了黑洞理论?

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　　put off 延期;推迟：

　　She called this afternoon to put off the meeting to next week. 她下午打电话说把会议推迟到下周。

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　　put up with 忍受;容忍：

　　I can’t put up with their smoking any longer.我再也无法忍受他们抽烟了。

　　I can put up with many things, but not with people who steal. 我能容忍很多事情，但绝不容忍小偷小摸的人。

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　　run out (of) 用完;耗尽：

　　In the future, care for the environment will become very important as earth’s natural resources run out. 在未来，爱护环境将会很重要，因为地球的资源将濒临枯竭。

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　　set aside 留出;把…置于一旁：

　　Set aside some time each day to write, even if it is only five minutes. 每天留出一点儿时间来写作，哪怕只有5分钟。

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　　take on 呈现;雇用;接受 ;承担 ：

　　Shortly after suffering from a large earthquake and being reduced to ruins, the city took on a new look. 在遭受大地震成为废墟后不久，这座城市呈现出新面貌。

　　No more workers are being taken on at present. 眼下不再招收工人。

　　His secretary will have to take on most of his work while he’s gone. 他的秘书得在他不在的时候承担他的大部分工作。

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　　turn down

　　① 关小;调低 (音量等)：Could you please turn down your TV a bit? 你可以把电视音量关小一点儿吗?

　　② 拒绝：How could you turn down such a fantastic job when you have been out of work for months? 你已经好几个月没有工作了，怎么能拒绝这么好的一份工作呢?

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　　turn to 转向;求助于：

　　Their talk turned to the change that had taken place in the city. 他们的话题转到了城市发生的变化。

　　Please turn to the police for help when you are in trouble. 遇到困难时请向警察求助。

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　　turn up

　　① 开大;调高 (音量等) ：Turn up the radio so that I can hear the program. 把收音机音量开大些，好让我听到这个节目。

　　② (人) 到达;出现：He promised that he would come, but he hasn’t turned up yet.他承诺会来，但还没出现。

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　　bring on

　　① 使提高;使进步：More study should bring on your English. 努力学习会提高你的英语水平。

　　② 引起;导致：Stress can bring on illness. 压力会引起疾病。