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词汇 put through
释义
Idiom
put throughput (someone) through (something)
1.
to force someone to experience something unpleasant in order to help them.
His teacher put him through six months of writing essays every day to improve his skills.
2.
to unintentionally cause someone to experience something painful.
Elaine put her daughter through a kind of hell when she divorced the child's father.

Phr V
put through
puts, putting, put
put sth/sb through sth
to test something or someone in order to see if they can do what they should be able to do
We put all new models of car through a rigorous series of tests.
put sb through sth
to make someone experience or do something unpleasant or difficult
Doctors are reluctant to put her through the ordeal of another operation.New recruits are put through a gruelling six-month training programme.
to pay for someone to study at college or university
You'll need to save a lot of money if you want to put both your daughters through college.
sometimes reflexive
He worked in a bank four days a week to put himself through law school.
put through sb or put sb through
to connect a telephone caller to the person they want to speak to
Hold the line, I'm just putting you through.
often + to
Can you put me through to customer services, please?
put through sth or put sth through
if someone puts through a planned new law, it is formally accepted by an elected group of politicians
In March, the government put through a law to make strikes illegal.
phraseput through1. put sb through to connect someone to the person they want to speak to, on the telephone: One moment, caller, I'm just putting you through.+ to When Lesley asked to speak to the manager, she was put through to the manager's personal assistant instead.2. put through a call/put a call through to make a telephone call to someone: Apparently someone had a put a call through to the French embassy, warning them about the attack.3. put sb through sth to make someone do something difficult or experience something unpleasant: When sales staff are recruited, they are put through a rigorous training program. I must have put my mother through hell when I was a teenager.put sb through it/put sb through hell He says his last wife really put him through it, and he doesn't want to get married again.4. put through sthput sth throughput sth through sth to formally agree to a new law or plan, usually after officially discussing it and voting on it: The UN Security Council put through a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire. Legislation is to be put through parliament aimed at abolishing the House of Lords.5. put sb through school/college/university to pay for someone to study at a college or university: Mick had a huge car loan and three kids to put through college. She moved to Boston, where she worked as a waitress and put herself through school.6. put sth through sth to make something go through a process or system, in order to change it or test it: Every car is put through a series of safety checks before it leaves the factory. SIMILAR TO: subject to

put (one) through (to someone)

To connect one's telephone call to another person. You'll need to speak to the sales department about that issue. Would you like me to put you through? I'm just waiting for the bank to put me through to my account manager.

put (someone or something) through (something)

1. To require or instruct someone or something to complete a test or evaluation. We're going to put your son through a few different developmental tests to see what is at the root of his behavioral issues. We always put our software through rigorous quality assurance testing before it is released to the public.
2. To cause someone to undergo or endure something unpleasant, difficult, or traumatic. John put me through a lot of emotional manipulation and distress before I finally broke up with him. You should have called to let me know you'd be so late! Do you have any idea what you've been putting me through?
3. To pay the financial requirements for someone to attend and graduate from some academic institution. After my parents died, my Uncle Dan took me under his wing and put me through school. We barely scraped by when I was growing up, so I had to put myself through college with whatever jobs I could find.

put through

To initiate something that succeeds in being accepted, implemented, or completed. A noun or pronoun can be used between "put" and "through." In my time as senator, I put through a number of legislative measures that helped curb gun violence.

put someone or something through (to someone)

to put someone's telephone call through to someone. Will you please put me through to the international operator? Please put my call through.

put someone through something

to cause someone to have to endure something. The doctor said he hated to put me through all these tests, but that it was medically necessary.

put through

1. Bring to a successful conclusion, as in We put through a number of new laws. [Mid-1800s]
2. Make a telephone connection, as in Please put me through to the doctor. [Late 1800s]
3. Cause to undergo, especially something difficult or troublesome, as in He put me through a lot during this last year. The related expression, put someone through the wringer, means "to give someone a hard time," as in The lawyer put the witness through the wringer. The wringer alluded to is the old-fashioned clothes wringer, in which clothes are pressed between two rollers to extract moisture. [First half of 1900s]

put through

v.
1. To cause something to pass from one side of a boundary, threshold, or opening to the other: I put the thread through the eye of the needle.
2. To bring something to completion: They put the project through on time.
3. To cause someone or something to complete a process, especially a process of approval: Congress has recently put through a number of new laws. I had to work two jobs to put my child through college.
4. To cause someone or something to undergo or experience something unpleasant or difficult: They put me through a lot of trouble. We put all our products through a series of tests.
5. To connect some telephone call or caller: Can you put the call through to my office? The operator put me through on the office line.
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