put forward
1.propose or suggest提出
The students put forward new proposals on the running of the college to the College Education Committee.学生们向学院教育委员会提出了管理学院的建议。
I have put your name forward as the best for the job.我已提议你为这项工作的最佳人选。
2.move the hands of(a clock or watch)to a later time往前拨(钟表)
My watch was slow so I put it forward three minutes.我的表慢了,因此往前拨了3分钟。
3.move an event,appointment,etc.to an earlier time or date把…提前
We had to put our holiday forward one month.我们不得不把我们的假期提前一个月。
The warm weather has put the crops forward by a month.暖和的天气使庄稼早熟了一个月。