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单词 put upon
释义
put upon
adjective
informal
uk
/ˈpʊt ə.pɒn/us
/ˈpʊt̬ ə.pɑːn/
having to do more than isfairinordertoallowotherpeopleto get what theywantin asituation:
被利用的；被使唤的
I don'tmindhelpingthem, but I can'thelpfeelinga little put upon.我不介意帮他们，但难免感到有点被利用了。
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(Definition ofput uponfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

put-upon| American Dictionary

put-upon
adjective
infml
us
/ˈpʊt̬·əˌpɑn/
treatedunfairlybyotherswhowantyou tohelpthem:
Parents oftenfeelput-upon by theschoolfund-raisers.
(Definition ofput-uponfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofput upon

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It will be quite impossible to hold the wage pause if further demands areputuponfamily incomes.
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Considerable strain, however, has beenputuponthe networks through which non-food resources are shared.
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For those especially interested in music, the book provides some radically sceptical views of the ways in which ideological ' ' spins ' ' have beenputuponjazz and later popular forms.
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It is simply not right that small local companies providing very local or regional services should have these burdensputuponthem.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I should not have thought this an onerous obligation toputuponthem.
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I believe that what really worries them is that they feel that the wrong interpretation wasputuponthese events from the very beginning.
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He confirmed that a wrong interpretation had beenputuponhis words and issued a most helpful statement.
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No doubt that would be an appropriate place for forging the chains which certain forms of government mightputuponus.
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It is time that the whole of that landlord and tenant law was codified andputupona proper basis.
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What they want is to beputupona financial and economic footing which will enable them to compete in the world.
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I think that is the only construction that can beputuponthe statement that was made.
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He knows nothing, and can know nothing, of the limitations which areputuponhim as to what news he may or may not send.
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Will there be the same tariffputupon.
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It has been made a matter of contested elections, and the pressureputuponpopular representatives over the matter of pensions has been enormous.
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He, therefore, gave way to the pressure that wasputuponhim.
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