put forward/on clocks and watches 把钟表往前拨（put for-ward是put back的反义词）：
In March people in England put their clocks forwad/on an hour．Whensummer time ends they put them back an hour．
英国人在3月份把时针向前拨一小时。夏时制结束时他们又把时针拨回一小时。
put in a claim 提出权利要求：
He put in a claim for compensation because he had lost his luggage in the train crash．
因为他在火车撞车事故中丢失了行李，他提出了赔偿损失的要求。
put in for a job/a post 求职：
They are looking for a lecturer in geography．Why don’t you put in forit？
他们在征聘一位地理讲师。你为什么不去求职？
put off an action 推迟某种行动：
Some people put off making their wills till it is too late．
有些人推迟立遗嘱的事，后来就来不及了。
I’ll put off my visit to Scotland till the weather is warmer．（put my visitoff/put it off）
我要把到苏格兰去访问的事推迟到天气转暖以后。
put a person off
（a）告诉某人推迟来访：
I had invited some guests to dinner but I had to put them off because apower cut prevented me from cooking anything．
我本来邀请一些客人来吃饭，但是不得不告诉他们先别来了，因为停电使我无法做菜。
（b）拒绝或推阻某人：
I wanted to see the exhibition but the queue put me off．
我本想去看展览会，但是排队的人太多，使我不想看了。
Many people who want to come to England are put off by the stories theyhear about English weather．
许多想游览英国的人因为听说英国天气不好就不来了。
put on a light/gas or electric fire/radio 打开（电灯/煤气灶或电气灶/收音机）：
Put on the light．（put the light on/put it on）
打开灯。
put on a play 上演一出戏：
The students usually put on a play at the end of the year．
学生们一般都在年终上演一出戏。
put on an expression 做出某种表情：
He put on an air of indifference，which didn’t deceive anybody for a mo-ment．
他装出漠不关心的样子，这一点也骗不了任何人。
put on clothes/glasses/jewellery 穿，戴（反义词是take off）：
He put on a black coat so that he would be inconspicuous．（put a coaton/put it on）
他穿了一件黑外套，为了让自己不显眼。
She put on her glasses and took the letter from my hand．
她戴上了眼镜，拿过我手里的信。
put out any kind of light or fire 熄灭（灯或火）：
Put out that light．（put the light out/put it out）
把那灯关了。
put someone out 使某人不便：
He is very selfish．He wouldn’t put himself out for anyone．
他很自私。他绝不会为任何人出点力。
be put out 感到不快：
She was very put out when I said that her new summer dress didn’t suither．
我告诉她那件新的夏装不适合她时，她非常不高兴。
put up（tr）
（a）建起（房屋、纪念物、雕像等）：
He put up a shed in the garden．（put a shed up/put it up）
他在花园里盖了一个棚子。
（b）提价：
When the importation of foreign tomatoes was forbidden，home growersput up their prices．（put their prices up/put them up）
禁止进口外国的西红柿以后，国内种西红柿的人就提高价钱了。
put someone up（宾语常位于up之前） 暂时留某人住下：
If you come to Paris I will put you up．You needn’t look for a hotel．
如果你到巴黎来，可以住在我那儿。你不必去找旅馆了。
put someone up to something（常指某种诡计）怂恿某人去做某事，告诉某人如何做某事：
He couldn’t have thought of that trick by himself．Someone must haveput him up to it．
他自己是想不出那个计谋的。一定是有人教他这么做的。
put up with（tr） 容忍：
We had to put up with a lot of noise when the children were at home．
我们不得不忍受孩子们在家时的吵闹。
ring
ring off（intr） 挂断电话：
He rang off before I could ask his name．
没等我问他的名字，他就把电话挂断了。
ring up（tr/intr） 打电话给某人：
I rang up the theatre to book seats for tonight．（rang the theatre up/rangthem up）
我给剧院打了电话，预购今晚的票。
If you can’t come ring up and let me know．
你要是来不了，请打电话让我知道一声。
round
round up（tr）（把人或动物）撵到一起：
The sheepdog rounded up the sheep and drove them through the gate．
牧羊犬把羊撵到了一起，把它们赶过栅门。
On the day after the riots the police rounded up all suspects/rounded them up．
暴乱后的那一天，警方把嫌疑者都抓起来了。
rub
rub out（tr） 用擦子或橡皮把字迹擦掉：
The child wrote down the wrong word and then rubbed it out．（rubbed the word out/rubbed out the word）
孩子写错了一个字，又把它擦掉了。
rub up（tr） 复习，温习某项知识：
I am going to France；I must rub up my French．（rub it up）
我要去法国了。我得把法语温习一下。
run
run after（to）追逐（参见下面的例句）
run away（intr） 逃跑，出走（离开家庭、学校等）：
The thief ran away and the policeman ran after him．
小偷逃跑了，警察追了去。