switch off
phrasal verbwithswitchverb[T,Iusually+ adv/prep]uk/swɪtʃ/us/swɪtʃ/
informaltostopgivingyourattentionto someone or something:
不再关注,不再理睬If he getsbored, he justswitchesoff andlooksout thewindow.他觉得无聊时,就心不在焉地朝窗外看。
- Thetalklastedforages, andeventuallyI justswitchedoff.
- Manypeopleinstressfuljobsfinditdifficulttoswitchoff when they comehome.
Not paying attention
- absent
- absent-minded
- absent-mindedly
- absent-mindedness
- absently
- anyhow
- dreamily
- dreamy
- drop/loweryourguardidiom
- faraway
- glazed
- laxity
- laxly
- like a bull in a china shopidiom
- merrily
- misfocus
- sideline
- unmindful
- unwary
- zone out