1、put up
建造;搭建;設置
Protesters have been putting up barricades across a number of major intersections.
抗議者們在許多主要的十字路口設置了路障。
He was putting up a new fence at his home.
他正在為自己家搭建新的籬笆墻。
張貼;公布
They're putting new street signs up.
他們正在懸掛新的路標。
The teacher training college put up a plaque to the college's founder.
那所教師培訓學院為該學院的創立者立了一塊紀念牌匾。
進行(抵抗)
In the end the Kurds surrendered without putting up any resistance.
最后庫爾德人沒有作任何抵抗就投降了。
He'd put up a real fight to keep you there.
他曾努力爭取讓你留在那兒。
2、improvise
臨時做;臨時湊成
You need a wok with a steaming rack for this; if you don't have one, improvise.
要做這個,你需要一口帶蒸籠篦子的鍋,如果沒有,就用別的臨時湊合一下。
The vet had improvised a harness.
獸醫臨時湊成了一副馬具。
即興表演;即興演奏;即興創作
I asked her what the piece was and she said, 'Oh, I'm just improvising'.
我問她那一段是什么音樂,她說:“噢,我只是即興彈的。”
Uncle Richard intoned a chapter from the Bible and improvised a prayer.
理查德叔叔吟誦了《圣經》中的一章,又即興作了一段祈禱文。