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1. PREP If something is taken off something else or moves off it, it is no longer touching that thing. (从某物) 下来

He took his feet off the desk. 他把双脚从书桌上移开。

I took the key for the room off a rack above her head. 我从她头顶上方的一个架子上拿下了该房间的钥匙。

2. ADV Off is also an adverb. 下[ADV after v]

Lee broke off a small piece of orange and held it out to him. 李掰下一小瓣橘子递给他。

3. PREP When you get off a bus, train, or plane, you come out of it or leave it after you have been travelling on it. 下 (公车、火车、飞机等)

Don't try to get on or off a moving train!

火车运行中勿要上下！

4. ADV Off is also an adverb. 下 (公车、火车、飞机等)[ADV after v]

At the next stop the man got off too and introduced himself. 在下一站那个男人也下了，并介绍了他自己。

5. PREP If you keep off a street or piece of land, you do not step on it or go there. 不在 (某街道、某地等) 上

Locking up men does nothing more than keep them off the streets. 把男人锁起来只是不让他们上街而已。

6. ADV Off is also an adverb. 不在 (某街道、某地等) 上地

...a sign saying "Keep Off."

…一个写着“勿靠近”的牌子。

7. PREP If something is situated off a place such as a coast, room, or road, it is near to it or next to it, but not exactly in it. 在离 (某地) 不远处

The boat was anchored off the northern coast of the peninsula. 那只船停泊在了离半岛北海岸不远处。

Lily lives in a penthouse just off Park Avenue. 莉莉住在离公园大街不远的一处顶层公寓里。

8. ADV If you go off, you leave a place. 离开

He was just about to drive off when the secretary came running out. 他正要开车离去，这时秘书跑了出来。

She was off again, to Kenya. 她又走了，去肯尼亚。

9. ADV When you take off clothing or jewellery that you are wearing, you remove it from your body. (从身体上脱、摘) 下[ADV after v]

He took off his spectacles and rubbed frantically at the lens. 他摘下眼镜慌乱地擦镜片。

10. ADV If you have time off or a particular day off, you do not go to work or school, for example, because you are sick or it is a day when you do not usually work. 不在工作中地; 不在学习中地

The rest of the men had the day off. 其余的人放假一天。

I'm off tomorrow. 我明天休息。

11. PREP Off is also a preposition. 不在工作中; 不在学习中

He could not get time off work to go on holiday. 他难以从工作中抽出时间去休假。

12. PREP If you keep off a subject, you deliberately avoid talking about it. 避开 (某话题)

Keep off the subject of politics. 避开政治话题。

13. PREP If there is money off something, its price is reduced by the amount specified. 减 (价)[amount PREP n]

20 per cent off all jackets this Saturday. 这个星期六所有上衣减价20%。

14. ADV Off is also an adverb. 减 (价)

Take $5 off the regular price of any membership. 从会员正价中减$5。

15. ADV If something is a long way off, it is a long distance away from you. 离 (某处) 远[n/amount ADV]

Florida was a long way off. 佛罗里达离得很远。

16. ADV If something is a long time off, it will not happen for a long time. 离 (某时) 远[n/amount ADV]

An end to the crisis seems a long way off. 危机的结束似乎还要一长段时间。

17. PREP If you get something off someone, you obtain it from them. 从 (某人那里得到)[口语]

I don't really get a lot of information, and if I do I get it off Mark. 我真没得到很多信息，即便有也是从马克那里得到的。

PREP

1. ADV If something such as an agreement or a sports event is off, it is cancelled. (协议、运动事件等) 取消

Until Pointon is completely happy, however, the deal's off. 等到波因顿完全高兴起来，那笔交易却取消了。

2. PREP If someone is off something harmful such as a drug, they have stopped taking or using it. 停服 (药物)

She felt better and the psychiatrist took her off antidepressants. 她感觉好些了，于是精神科医师给她停用了抗抑郁药。

3. PREP If you are off something, you have stopped liking it. 不再喜欢 (某物)

I'm off coffee at the moment. 我暂时不再喜欢咖啡。

4. ADV When something such as a machine or electric light is off, it is not functioning or in use. When you switch it off, you stop it from functioning. (机器、电灯等) 关闭着

As he pulled into the driveway, he saw her bedroom light was off. 当他驶入车道时,他看见她卧室的灯关着。

We used sail power and turned the engine off to save our fuel. 我们关掉了发动机，用帆航行以节省燃料。

5. ADJ If food has gone off, it tastes and smells bad because it is no longer fresh enough to be eaten. (食物) 变质了的[英国英语]

6. PREP If you live off a particular kind of food, you eat it in order to live. If you live off a particular source of money, you use it to live. 靠 (某种食物、某种资金等生存)[v PREP n]

Her husband's memories are of living off roast chicken and drinking whisky. 她丈夫所记得的是靠吃烤鸡喝威士忌过日子。

7. PREP If a machine runs off a particular kind of fuel or power, it uses that power in order to function. (机器) 靠 (某种燃料或动力运行)[v PREP n]

The electric armour runs off the tank's power supply. 该电动装甲车靠这坦克的动力供应运转。

8. PHRASE If something happens on and off, or off and on, it happens occasionally, or only for part of a period of time, not in a regular or continuous way. 有时

I was still working on and off as a waitress to support myself. 我仍然有时做女招待来维持生活。