释义 |
put someone through1Connect someone by telephone to another person or place: put me through to the police office, please...- First, you are put through to the telephone operator, who asks you which of the emergency services you require.
- In the good old days the council switchboard put you through to the relevant department.
- She puts me through to customer service.
2Subject someone to an unpleasant or demanding experience: I hate Brian for what he put me through...- It's an awful experience to put someone through.
- That night, sniffing and sneezing, I agonised over why my own mother would put me through such an experience.
- He was put through a series of demanding fitness tests including press-ups, pull-ups and running.
3Pay for one’s child to attend school or college: you’ve spent so much to put your daughter through college...- His job at Wal-Mart is putting him through college and he makes good money for a kid his age, well above the minimum wage.
- I hope to join the Marines and they will put me through college in return for four years service when my education is finished.
- They struggled to put me through college and to this day encourage and support me through everything.
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