1、wonder

感到疑惑;纳闷儿;想弄明白

I wondered what that noise was.

我纳闷儿那是什么声音。

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

“他自称是她父亲，”马克斯说，“我们一直都在怀疑他。”

(对…)大为吃惊，惊叹

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

他喜欢坐着对发生的一切惊叹不已。

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

沿着城堡街走下去，欣赏我们视若珍宝的教堂，继而叹服于城堡的壮观。

奇事;怪事

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

这差不多用了10年的时间，真是桩奇事。

The wonder is that Olivier was not seriously hurt.

奥利维尔伤得不重，真是奇迹。

2、put off

推迟；拖延

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

晚育的女性经常会成为最优秀的母亲。

The Association has put the event off until October.

协会已把这次活动推迟至10月。

敷衍；搪塞

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

老牧师搪塞他们说时间太晚了。

使反感；使对…失去兴趣

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

离婚的人很多，但这好像并没有打消人们对结婚的热情。

His personal habits put them off.

他们很讨厌他的一些个人习惯。

使分心；搅扰

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

她要求我严肃一点——说如果我笑的话会使她分心。

It put her off revising for her exams.

这影响了她复习备考。