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Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today

معنای کلمه به کلمه:

<p>کاری را که می توانی امروز انجام دهی به فردا وانگذار.</p>

If you have to do something, you had better do it immediately, even if it is something you do not like.

اگر باید کاری انجام بدهی بهتر است فورا دست بکار شوی؛ حتی اگر چیزی است که انجام دادنش را دوست نداری.

معادل فارسی:

کار امروز را به فردا مینداز.

مثال انگلیسی:

OK, let's clean the store room before it gets dark. I know you hate it but the sooner we do it, the better it is. As the saying goes, don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today.

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put off

US

/pʊt/

UK

/pʊt/

to change the time or date of something so that it happens later than originally planned, especially because of a problem

معادل فارسی:

عقب انداختن

مثال انگلیسی:

I can't put off going to the dentist any longer.

من نمی توانم رفتن به دندان پزشک را بیش از این عقب بیاندازم.

سطح، موضوع و برچسب

موضوع:

delaying and wasting time

سطح:

B1 (متوسط)

Region:

American English

British English

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

put somebody/something off phrasal verb
1. put something ↔ off to delay doing something or to arrange to do something at a later time or date, especially because there is a problem or you do not want to do it now SYN delay, procrastinate:
The match has been put off until tomorrow because of bad weather.
put off doing something
I put off going to the doctor but I wish I hadn’t.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

put sth off — phrasal verb with put / pʊt / verb ( present tense putting , past tense and past participle put )

B1 to decide or arrange to delay an event or activity until a later time or date:

The meeting has been put off for a week.

[ + -ing verb ] I can't put off go ing to the dentist any longer.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

put sb off — phrasal verb with put / pʊt / verb ( present tense putting , past tense and past participle put )

to tell someone that you cannot see them or do something for them, or stop them from doing something, until a later time:

I really don't want to go out with Helen and Greg tonight - can't we put them off ?

He keeps asking me out, and I keep putting him off.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

put sb off (sth) — phrasal verb with put / pʊt / verb ( present tense putting , past tense and past participle put )

to take someone's attention away from what they want to be doing or should be doing:

Once she's made up her mind to do something, nothing will put her off.

Could you be quiet please - I'm trying to concentrate and you're putting me off.

The sudden flash of the camera put the players off their game.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

put sb off (sth/sb) — phrasal verb with put / pʊt / verb ( present tense putting , past tense and past participle put )

B2 to make someone dislike something or someone, or to discourage someone from doing something:

The smell of hospitals always puts me off.

You have to work long hours and that puts off a lot of people.

His attitude put me right off him.

[ + -ing verb ] Personally, I didn't enjoy the film, but don't let that put you off go ing .

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

put off

1) PHRASAL VERB If you put something off, you delay doing it.
  [V P -ing/n (not pron)] Women who put off having a baby often make the best mothers...
  [V n P] The Association has put the event off until October.
  Syn:
  postpone
2) PHRASAL VERB If you put someone off, you make them wait for something that they want.
  [V n P] The old priest tried to put them off, saying that the hour was late.
3) PHRASAL VERB If something puts you off something, it makes you dislike it, or decide not to do or have it.
  [V n P n/-ing] The high divorce figures don't seem to be putting people off marriage...
  [V n P] His personal habits put them off...
  [V P n (not pron)] The country's worsening reputation does not seem to be putting off the tourists...
  [be V-ed P] We tried to visit the Abbey but were put off by the queues.
  Syn:
  deter
4) PHRASAL VERB If someone or something puts you off, they take your attention from what you are trying to do and make it more difficult for you to do it.
  [V n P] She asked me to be serious - said it put her off if I laughed...
  [V n P n/-ing] It put her off revising for her exams. [Also V P n (not pron)]
  Syn:
  distract