单选题 put aside put across put forth put off
put aside (1) to save or keep (something, such as money) to be used at a later time
She's been putting aside some money for a vacation.
Can you put a few minutes aside for a short meeting?
(2) to stop worrying or thinking about (something)
On Friday, April fourteenth, he agreed to put this work aside for a while.
put across (1) to cause (something) to be clearly understood
A good speaker knows how to quickly put himself across to his audience.
Do you give him a fair opportunity to put across his views?
She has had trouble putting her message across to voters.
(2) put oneself across as something; to cause oneself to appear to be a particular type of person
He tries to put himself across as a nice guy.
put forth (1) to suggest (an idea, plan, etc.) for people to think about or consider
The scientist put forth the new theory of evolution.
It is in your own interests that we put forth such a proposal.
(2) to use (something, such as energy) for a particular purpose
The government urged the nation to put forth every effort to check war.
Parenting is never easy, especially when we actually put forth energy to do it.
(3) to produce or send out (something) by growing
The trees are starting to put forth new leaves.
put off (1) to decide that (something) will happen at a later time, postpone
In that case, we'll have to put off the sports meet till next Saturday.
We put off the conference in order to better cope with the tense situation.
Jobs was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer in 2003, though he put off treatment until mid-2004.
(2) to cause someone to wait
She finally called him after putting him off all week.
(3) to cause (someone) to dislike something
The mere smell of garlic put him off his supper.
I was put off by his rudeness.The speaker was very good at ______ his ideas during the discussion.

• A. putting aside
• B. putting across
• C. putting back
• D. putting off