putsboff
—phrasal verbwithputverbuk/pʊt/us/pʊt/present participleputting|past tense and past participleput
totellsomeone that you cannotseethem or do something for them, or tostopsomeone from doing something, until alatertime
拒绝（某人）；阻止（某人）
I really don'twantto go out with Helen and Gregtonight- can't we put them off ?我今晚真的不想跟海伦和格雷格出去——我们就不能不见他们吗？
Hekeepsaskingme out, and Ikeepputting him off.他不停地约我出去，我一直拒绝他。