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off AWAY FROMHBf, $B:fadv, adj [not gradable], prepaway from a place or position, esp. the present place or position离开, 隔开He drove off at the most incredible speed.他以一种最难以置信的速度开车走了。Keep the dog on the lead or he'll just run off.好好牵着狗,否则它会跑掉。Someone's run off with (= taken) my pen.有人拿走了我的钢笔。I won't be long -- I'm just (going/nipping/running) off to the shops.我不用很久----我只是赶着去商店。If we can get off (= leave) early tomorrow morning we'll avoid most of the traffic.如果我们明天早上早走的话,我们能避开大多数车辆。(fig.) I didn't get off to a very good start (= I started badly) this morning -- I'd been at work five minutes and my computer stopped working!今天早上我没有开个好头----我才工作了五分钟,电脑就坏了!I'm off now --see you tomorrow.我现在走了----明天见。She's off to Canada next week.她下星期去加拿大。Don't feel you have to get up just to see us off (= say goodbye and watch us leave).别感到你必须起床来给我们送行。There was a 'keep off the grass'sign.有一个标牌写着‘勿践踏草地’。The ship went a long way off (= away from the intended) course during the storm.船只在暴风雨中偏离了航向很远。(esp. Br infml) You're (way) off beam there (= (very) wrong).你搞错了。If something is off-centre, it is nearly but not quite in a central position.偏离中心的You're singing off key (= singing the wrong note).你唱走调了。(Br) An off-licence (Am and Aus liquor store or Am package store) is a shop that sells mainly alcoholic drinks to be taken away and drunk at home.外卖酒店If an area of land is off-limits, it is forbidden that you enter it.禁止入内的A computer which is off-line is not connected to or directly controlled by a central system.脱机的(esp. Br) Off-piste SKIING is done on snow away from the areas that have been specially prepared.偏离滑雪道的When you get a little more advanced you can ski off-piste.在你滑雪更熟练一些后,你就可以偏离滑雪道滑雪了。If a situation is off-putting, it is slightly unpleasant or worrying so that you are discouraged from getting involved in it in any way.叫人气恼的, 倒胃口的What I found off-putting was the amount of work that you were expected to do.我觉得叫人倒胃口的是你应该完成的工作量。He's slightly aggressive, which a lot of people find a bit off-putting when they first meet him.他有一些好斗,这是很多人初次见到他时感到有些不快的地方。(Br) In a bar, off-sales are sales of alcoholic drinks which are still in a bottle or other container, so that you can take them away and drink them at home.(酒)外卖
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