put-uponadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈpʊtəpɒn/, U.S.

/ˈpʊdəˌpɑn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English put , put v., upon adv.

Etymology: < put, past participle of put v. + upon adv., after to put upon (see put v. Phrasal verbs 2).

A. adj.

That has been put upon or taken advantage of; imposed upon. Cf. put v.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [adjective] > misused > manipulated or exploited

preyed-upon1845

manipulated1855

put-upon1866

exploited1867

over-exploited1932

1866 Galaxy 1 Sept. 94 A word of retort in behalf of our much put-upon and down-trodden sex.

1920 Quill (N.Y.) Nov. 12 Lulu is the ideal poor relation of fiction, the put-upon slavey.

1958 ‘Miss Read’ Storm in Village xx. 216 And there's no knowing what she might feel about it—the poor, put-upon, innocent soul!

1996 Daily Express 1 Mar. 47/5 Dolores is revealed..as a put-upon drudge who slaved for her employer.

2005 Observer 18 Sept. i. 23/3 Wallace's..poor put-upon dog, Gromit.

B. n.

1. The fact of being put upon; an imposition. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > imposition of a duty, charge, or task > a charge imposed

imposition1600

put-upon1889

1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat iv The presence of your husband's cheeses in her house she would..regard as a ‘put upon’.

1980 G. Mitchell Uncoffin'd Clay iii. 32 Having to cook..a sensitive charwoman would regard as victimisation or, in her parlance, a put-upon.

2. With plural agreement and the. Put-upon people as a class.

ΚΠ

1957 Times 14 Aug. 10/5 Dick was always the spokesman of the ignored, the inconvenient and the put-upon.

1966 M. Kelly Dead Corse iv. 53 Those who follow unquestioning, docile, simple... The put-upon.

1992 D. Nimmo & J. Combs Polit. Pundits i. i. 71 The Democratic party's true constituency: the majority of working stiffs, the hard-up, the put-upon, the average Joes and Jills.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	put-upon
释义	put-uponadj.n. Brit. /ˈpʊtəpɒn/, U.S. /ˈpʊdəˌpɑn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English put , put v., upon adv. Etymology: < put, past participle of put v. + upon adv., after to put upon (see put v. Phrasal verbs 2). A. adj. That has been put upon or taken advantage of; imposed upon. Cf. put v. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [adjective] > misused > manipulated or exploited preyed-upon1845 manipulated1855 put-upon1866 exploited1867 over-exploited1932 1866 Galaxy 1 Sept. 94 A word of retort in behalf of our much put-upon and down-trodden sex. 1920 Quill (N.Y.) Nov. 12 Lulu is the ideal poor relation of fiction, the put-upon slavey. 1958 ‘Miss Read’ Storm in Village xx. 216 And there's no knowing what she might feel about it—the poor, put-upon, innocent soul! 1996 Daily Express 1 Mar. 47/5 Dolores is revealed..as a put-upon drudge who slaved for her employer. 2005 Observer 18 Sept. i. 23/3 Wallace's..poor put-upon dog, Gromit. B. n. 1. The fact of being put upon; an imposition. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > imposition of a duty, charge, or task > a charge imposed imposition1600 put-upon1889 1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat iv The presence of your husband's cheeses in her house she would..regard as a ‘put upon’. 1980 G. Mitchell Uncoffin'd Clay iii. 32 Having to cook..a sensitive charwoman would regard as victimisation or, in her parlance, a put-upon. 2. With plural agreement and the. Put-upon people as a class. ΚΠ 1957 Times 14 Aug. 10/5 Dick was always the spokesman of the ignored, the inconvenient and the put-upon. 1966 M. Kelly Dead Corse iv. 53 Those who follow unquestioning, docile, simple... The put-upon. 1992 D. Nimmo & J. Combs Polit. Pundits i. i. 71 The Democratic party's true constituency: the majority of working stiffs, the hard-up, the put-upon, the average Joes and Jills. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1866
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