to make sb lose interest in or enthusiasm for sth/sb :
He was put off science by bad teaching.
[+ -ing ]
The accident put her off driving for life.
to make sb lose interest in or enthusiasm for sth/sb :
He was put off science by bad teaching.
[+ -ing ]
The accident put her off driving for life.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005