1、wonder

感到疑惑;納悶兒;想弄明白

I wondered what that noise was.

我納悶兒那是什么聲音。

'He claims to be her father,' said Max. 'We've been wondering about him.'.

“他自稱是她父親，”馬克斯說，“我們一直都在懷疑他。”

(對…)大為吃驚，驚嘆

He liked to sit and wonder at all that had happened.

他喜歡坐著對發生的一切驚嘆不已。

Walk down Castle Street, admire our little jewel of a cathedral, then wonder at the castle.

沿著城堡街走下去，欣賞我們視若珍寶的教堂，繼而嘆服于城堡的壯觀。

奇事;怪事

It's a wonder that it took almost ten years.

這差不多用了10年的時間，真是樁奇事。

The wonder is that Olivier was not seriously hurt.

奧利維爾傷得不重，真是奇跡。

2、put off

推遲；拖延

Women who put off having a baby often make the best mothers.

晚育的女性經常會成為最優秀的母親。

The Association has put the event off until October.

協會已把這次活動推遲至10月。

敷衍；搪塞

The old priest tried to put them off, saying that the hour was late.

老牧師搪塞他們說時間太晚了。

使反感；使對…失去興趣

The high divorce figures don't seem to be putting people off marriage.

離婚的人很多，但這好像并沒有打消人們對結婚的熱情。

His personal habits put them off.

他們很討厭他的一些個人習慣。

使分心；攪擾

She asked me to be serious — said it put her off if I laughed.

她要求我嚴肅一點——說如果我笑的話會使她分心。

It put her off revising for her exams.

這影響了她復習備考。