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put-upon

/poot-uh-pon, -pawn/US // ˈpʊt əˌpɒn, -ˌpɔn //

仰仗,扪心自问,仰赖,仰仗的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : imposed upon; ill-used.

Examples

  • To put it rather uncharitably, the USPHS practiced a major dental experiment on a city full of unconsenting subjects.

  • Kennedy: "Mankind must put an end to war — or war will put an end to mankind."

  • Obsessive exercising and inadequate nutrition can, over time, put people at high risk for overuse injuries like stress fractures.

  • When I put their allegations to Epstein, he denied them and went into overdrive.

  • We did ThunderAnt stuff for ourselves and just put it online, and then it blossomed into something else.

  • It is thinner than that of chronic bronchitis, and upon standing separates into three layers of pus, mucus, and frothy serum.

  • He was voluble in his declarations that they would “put the screws” to Ollie on the charge of perjury.

  • Other things being equal, the volume of voice used measures the value that the mind puts upon the thought.

  • He was too drowsy to hold the thought more than a moment in his mind, much less to reflect upon it.

  • Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.