| 单词 | off |
| 释义 | Related topics: Employment, Tradeoff1 /ɒf $ ɒːf/ ●●● S1 W1 adverb, preposition, adjective 1 HEREaway from a place 离开，离去 He got into his car and drove off. 他上了车，随即开车走了。 Suddenly they turned off and parked in a side road. 突然他们拐出去停在一条岔路上。 Once we were off the main freeway, the trip felt more like a vacation. 我们一离开主高速公路，旅途的感觉就更像是度假了。 Her husband was off on a business trip somewhere. 她丈夫到什么地方出差去了。 Are you ready? Off we go. 你准备好了吗？ 我们走吧。 I must be off now (=I must leave). 现在我必须走了。 They were off to Italy (=leaving to go to Italy) and wanted to make an early start. 他们要去意大利，想早点出发。2 not on something, or removed from something 不在〔某物〕上面(的)；从〔某物〕上移开(的) Keep off the grass. 勿踩草坪。 As he leaned forward, his hat fell off. 他俯身时帽子掉了。 Someone had taken the mirror off the wall. 有人把镜子从墙上取下来了。 Take your coat off. 把你的外衣脱下来。 I was trying to scrape the mud off my boots. 我在想办法把靴子上的泥刮掉。 ► Don’t say ‘off of’ something. Say off something: She fell off her chair (NOT off of her chair).不要说 ‘off of’ something. 而要说 off something: She fell off her chair (不说 off of her chair). 她从椅子上摔下来了。3 TTLEAVE A PLACEout of a bus, train, plane etc 下〔公共汽车、火车、飞机等〕 OPP on I’ll get off at the next stop. 我将在下一站下车。 Everyone got off the train at Winnipeg. 所有的人都在温尼伯下火车。4 TOFF/SWITCHED OFFa machine, piece of equipment etc that is off is not working or operating 〔机器、设备等〕不在工作，不在运转，停止 OPP on Will someone switch the radio off? 谁把收音机关掉好吗？ Make sure all the lights are off. 一定要把所有的灯都关掉。5 BEHOLIDAYnot at work, school etc because you are ill or on holiday 〔因生病或度假〕不工作；不上学；休息 → absent My secretary’s been off with flu for the past week. 我的秘书过去一周得了流感没来上班。 Clare had to stay off school because her mother was ill. 克莱尔因为妈妈病了不能去上学。 You look tired. Why don’t you take tomorrow off? 你看上去很疲惫，为什么明天不休息一天呢？ He needs more time off duty for relaxation and rest. 他需要更多的时间放松休息。 ‘Going to work today, mum?’ ‘No. It’s my day off today.’ “妈妈，你今天去上班吗？”“不，今天我休息。”6 TAKE something FROM somebody informal from someone 从〔某人〕那里 My brother once borrowed some money off him. 我弟弟曾经从他那里借过钱。 I got this necklace off a woman outside the market. 这条项链我是从市场外面的一个女人那里买的。7 a) DISTANCEused to say how far away something is 与〔某物〕相隔，距，离 We could see the cliffs of Shetland about two miles off. 我们可以看见大约两英里外设得兰的悬崖峭壁。 Kara’s home was a long way off across the sea. 卡拉的家在大海那一边很远的地方。 b) used to say how much time there is between now and a future event 〔时间上〕距…，离…，隔… With the exams now only a week off, I had to study hard. 现在离考试只有一个星期了，我得努力学习。 Christmas seemed a long way off. 圣诞节似乎还很远。 c) used to say how likely or unlikely something is 〔用于表示某事的可能性〕 Any kind of peace agreement still seems a long way off. 达成任何一种和平协议似乎仍然是遥不可及的事。8 a) only a short distance away from a place 离〔某处〕很近 Our hotel was just off the main street. 我们的宾馆离大街很近。 an island off the coast of France 靠近法国海岸的一座岛 b) connected to a particular room, area, road etc 与〔某房间、地区、道路等〕相连接(的) There’s a small bathroom off the main bedroom. 有一个小浴室和主卧室相连。 a narrow street leading off the corner of the square 和广场一角相连的狭窄街道9 BBTREDUCEused to say that a price is reduced by a particular amount 削价，减价 If you buy more than ten, they knock 10% off. 如果你买十个以上，他们就打九折。10 if an event which has been arranged is off, it will not now take place 〔安排好的事情〕被取消 → cancelled, postponed The wedding’s off. 婚礼取消了。 The race may have to be called off if the bad weather continues. 如果恶劣天气持续，比赛可能要取消。11 British English informal behaviour that is off is rude or is not acceptable 〔行为〕粗鲁; 失礼 She walked out before the end of your lecture, which I thought was a bit off. 你的讲座还未结束她就走出去了，我认为这有点失礼。 Look, I know when someone’s being off with me. 听着，有人对我无礼时我是知道的。12 used to say how much of something someone has 〔用于表示某人有多少东西〕be well/badly off for something The school’s fairly well off for books these days. 这所学校现在有相当多的图书。 How are you off for sports equipment (=do you have enough?)? 你的体育运动装备够不够？ → well-off, badly off, better off13 off and on (also on and off)REGULAR for short periods but not regularly, over a long period of time 断断续续地，时有时无地 We’ve been going out together for five years, off and on. 我们断断续续交往了五年。14 INTERESTEDno longer wanting or liking something 不想要；戒除 Toby’s been off his food for a few days. 托比已有几天不想吃东西了。go off something/somebody British English I used to enjoy tennis, but I’ve gone off it a bit now. 我以前很喜欢打网球，但现在有点不大感兴趣了。 She seems to have gone off Mark since he’s grown a beard. 自从马克留了胡子，她就好像不喜欢他了。15 MDno longer taking something such as a drug or medicine 不再服用〔药物等〕 OPP on The operation was a success, and she’s off the morphine. 手术很成功，她已不再需要注射吗啡了。16 a) food that is off is no longer fresh enough to eat 〔食物〕腐坏的，变质的 → rotten, sour Ugh! The milk’s off. 唷，这牛奶坏了！ Do you think the meat’s gone off? 你觉得这肉变质了吗？ b) used to say that a particular kind of food is not available in a restaurant although it is on the menu 〔餐厅里菜单上的某道菜〕没有了，不供应 I’m sorry, the fish pie is off today, sir. 很抱歉，先生，今天没有鱼肉馅饼。17 American English not as good as usual 没有通常那么好的 Sales figures for last year were a little off compared with those of the previous year. 和前一年相比，去年的销售额略有下降。18 American English not correct or not right 不正确的，不对的 Our calculations were off. 我们计算错了。 Guess again. You’re way off (=very far from being correct). 再猜猜，你差得太远了。 → right off at right2(2), → straight off at straight1(7), → off the top of your head at top1(18), → noises off at noise1(8)Examples from the Corpusoff• Nancy waved good-bye as she drove off.• noises off• Polly's wedding was still about six weeks off.• The nearest town is fifteen kilometres off.• Can anyone get this lid off?• Do you get Christmas Eve off?• I'm afraid the wedding's off.• We need to stop off and get gas soon.• I'll get off at the next stop.• We were still several miles off, but you could already see a glow in the sky from the lights of the city.• The robbers must be a long way off by now.• Carol is off for the whole week.• It happened while his wife was off on a business trip.• Get 15% off on all winter coats in the store.• The suspects quickly turned off onto a side road.• I saw him hurrying off to catch his plane.• All the lights were off when I got home.• Take off your shoes.be well/badly off for something• Most men and women would be better off for not going to prison at all.• Besides all this, he would be well off for the first time in his life.way off• Guess again - you're way off.• He could hear voices from way off in another part of the house.• Way off in the distance I could see a light shining.• I could see snow-capped mountains way off in the distance.off2 adjective [only before noun] 1 off day/week etc BADa day, week etc when you are not doing something as well as you usually do 发挥不正常[失水准]的一天/一个星期等 Brian never usually loses his temper – he must be having an off day. 布赖恩一般从不发火——今天他肯定是心情不好。2 off period/season etc DLTBUSY PLACEa period or season which is not as busy as other times of the year 萧条期/淡季等 In the off season, there’s hardly anyone staying at the hotel. 淡季的时候，宾馆里几乎没什么人住。3. TTC British English used to talk about a pair of things such as wheels on a car, to mean the one on the right 〔车轮等成对的物体之中〕右边的，右侧的 OPP nearExamples from the Corpusoff• At the close of trading, the Dow Jones Index was off 28 points.• Johnson's free throw shooting was off.• Sales figures for the third quarter are a little off compared to the second quarter.off3 noun British English 1 the off DSLEAVE A JOB OR ORGANIZATIONthe start of a race or a journey 〔比赛或旅程的〕开始，出发 The horses were in line, ready for the off. 赛马已站成一排，准备出闸。2 from the off from the beginning of something 从一开始 She was doubtful about the interview from the off. 她从一开始就对面谈心存疑虑。off4 verb [transitive] American English informal KILLto kill someone 杀死 〔某人〕 The guy who did this ought to be offed. 干这事的人该杀。→ See Verb tableoff1 adverb →10-18off2 adjectiveoff3 nounoff4 verbChinese away Corpus place a from |
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