1 to make sb not like sb/sth or not want to do sth 使不喜欢；使不想做: The accident put me off driving for a long time. 那宗意外使我很久不想驾车。

2 to say to a person that you can no longer do what you had agreed 取消与某人约定的事: They were coming to stay last weekend but I had to put them off at the last moment. 本来约好他们上星期来度周末的，可是我不得不临时叫他们别来了。

3 to make sb unable to give his/her attention to sth 使不能集中精神或分心: Don't stare at me -- you're putting me off! 不要盯着我─你使我不能集中精神！