He decided that he would drive all the way home instead of putting up at a hotel for the night.【高考试题】He decided that he would drive all the way home instead of ______ at a hotel for the night. (2011浙江卷)A. putting down B. putting off C. putting on D. putting up 【答案解析】答案为D。put up 在此表示“投宿”。句意为：他决定一路驾车回家，不在旅馆留宿。四个选项的意思及用法如下：◆put down(1) 放下，写下，记下，使下车。如：He put down his book and stood up. 他放下书站了起来。Put me down at the next stop. 让我在下一站下车。Let me put down your telephone number. 让我记下你的电话号码。Everything he said was put down at once. 他说的话马上被记下来。(2) 镇压，击败，贬低。如：No one could put down the movement. 没有人能把这次运动镇压下去。She really put him down when she called him lazy. 当她说他懒惰时，她确实把他贬低了。◆put off(1) 推迟，延期。如：We decided to put off our holiday to [till, until] next month. 我们决定把假期推迟到下个月。Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today. 今日事，今日毕。注：后接动词时，要用动名词。如：We decided to put off leaving. 我们决定推迟动身。(2) 推脱，搪塞。如：I put him off with a promise to pay him next week. 我搪塞他一下，答应下周还他钱。I won’t be put off with such weak excuses. 我是不会被这样一些站不住脚的借口敷衍过去的。(3) 使不高兴。如：What he said put her off. 他说的话使她不高兴。His bad manners put all of us off. 他的恶劣态度使我们大家都很反感。◆put on(1) 穿，戴。如：What dress shall I put on for the party? 我穿什么衣去参加晚会呢？He put on his glasses to read the letter. 他戴上眼镜读信。(2) 上演，装(样子)。如：They’re going to put on the play next week. 他们计划下周上演这出戏。The man put on a smile. 这个人装出一副笑脸。(3) 开(电、灯等)。如：Put on the light. 把灯打开吧。Let’s put on the radio and listen to the news. 我们打开收音机听听新闻吧。(4) 增加。如：She put on weight recently. 她最近体重增加了。◆put up(1) 举起，架起，撑起。如：Put up your hand if you have any questions. 有问题请举手。She put up her umbrella and walked out. 她撑起伞走了出去。(2) 盖起，修建。如：They are putting up several new houses on our street. 他们要在我们这条街上建几幢新房子。(3) 张贴，挂。如：We’d better put up a notice about it. 关于这事我们最好出一个通知。(4) 住宿，留宿。如：We put up at a small hotel just on the edge of the town. 我们就在镇口上一家小旅馆住下。 说明:引用此文请注明出处,并请保留该文章链接地址,谢谢~~