put down

[phrasal verb]

put (someone or something) down also put down (someone or something)

a : to place (someone or something that you have been holding or carrying) on a table, on the floor, etc.放下

b : to add (someone or something) to a list加入清单

c informal : to say critical or insulting things about (someone or something)批评；数落

He frequently puts down her work.他经常批评她干得不好。
Her parents are always putting her down.她的父母总是数落她。
He puts himself down a lot, but he's really quite an attractive man.别看他总是说自己的不是，其实他是个很有魅力的人。

— see also put-down

put (something) down or put down (something)

a : to write (something) : to record (something) in writing写下；记下

She says that the reporter put her quote down incorrectly.她说那个记者错误地引用了她的话。
Every night, he puts his thoughts down in a journal.每天晚上，他都把自己的想法写进日记里。
I need to put down my thoughts on paper before I forget them.我要把我的想法记在纸上，以免遗忘。
What answer did you put down on the test?考试的时候你写的什么答案？

b : to give (an amount of money) as a first payment when you are buying something that costs a lot of money付（订金）

We put 10 percent down on the house. = We put down a 10 percent deposit on the house.我们买这所房子预付了10%的订金。
Put no money down and pay no interest on the car until next year.这辆车要到明年才需要支付订金和利息。

c : to put (something) in place on the floor or ground把…安装在地上

Putting down [=installing] a new hardwood floor would greatly increase the value of your home.安装新的硬木地板会让你的房子大大增值。
We put down a layer of mulch in the rose garden.我们在玫瑰园里铺了一层护根物。

d : to stop (a violent or dangerous activity) by using force镇压；平定

e : to kill (an animal) in a way that causes it little pain usually because it is injured or sick对（受伤或生病的动物）实施安乐死；人道毁灭

They had to have their dog put down [=put to sleep] by the vet.他们不得不请兽医为他们的狗实施安乐死。

f British : to end a telephone connection挂断（电话）

She said goodbye and put down the phone. [=hung up the phone]她说了声再见，然后就挂断了电话。
She put the phone down on him. [=she hung up the phone while he was still talking to her]她挂断了他的电话。

g British : to formally suggest (something) as an idea to be discussed and voted on by a group of people : to propose or introduce (something)把…提交审议

put down or put (something) down or put down (something) chiefly British : to land or to cause (an airplane) to land（使）降落

Our plane put down [=landed] in New York around 2 p.m.下午2点左右，我们的飞机在纽约降落。
The pilot was forced to put [=set] the plane down in a field.飞行员把飞机迫降在一块田地里。

put (someone) down or put down (someone) : to place (a baby or child) in a bed to sleep安置（小孩）上床睡觉

put (someone) down as (something) : to think of (someone) as (a specified kind of person or thing)把（某人）看作…

put (someone) down for (something) : to write the name of (someone) on a list of people who will do or give (something)登记；把…列入名单

Can I put you down for a donation? [=can I write that you will give a donation?]捐款要不要算你一个？
Sure, put me down for $20.当然，我捐20美元。

put (something) down to (something) : to say or think that (something) happened because of (something)把…归因于

Let's put the mistake down to your inexperience and forget about it.这次犯错就算你没经验，别再想了。
The mistake was put down to [=attributed to] his inexperience.这次犯错是由于他缺乏经验。