Off

(adj.) not performing or scheduled for duties; 'He's off every Tuesday' .

(adj.) not in operation or operational; 'the oven is off'; 'the lights are off' .

(adj.) (of events) no longer planned or scheduled; 'the wedding is definitely off' .

(adj.) below a satisfactory level; 'an off year for tennis'; 'his performance was off' .

(adj.) in an unpalatable state; 'sour milk' .

(adv.) no longer on or in contact or attached; 'clean off the dirt'; 'he shaved off his mustache'.

(adv.) at a distance in space or time; 'the boat was 5 miles off (or away)'; 'the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)'; 'away back in the 18th century'.

校对:谢尔比

• I'm a-going off! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Mr. Beaufort's secret, people were agreed, was the way he carried things off. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• She asks for a hundred pounds, and endeavors to buy them off. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• But here there was nothing to be shifted off in a wild speculation on the future. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Seizing the professor by the arm, Mr. Philander set off in the direction that would put the greatest distance between themselves and the lion. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• I am sufficiently well off to keep a hundred and fifty ton steam yacht, which is at present lying at Southampton, ready to start when I wish. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• You would compare them, I said, to those invalids who, having no self-restraint, will not leave off their habits of intemperance? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• If I was young, it would all have to be gone through again, and the end would be a weary way off, don't you see? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The common man in France was more free, better off, and happier during the Terror than he had been in 1787. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But it was good to break that off a little. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• If as a set-off (excuse the legal phrase from a barrister-at-law) you would like to ask Tippins to tea, I pledge myself to make love to her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I'm glad Mas'r didn't go off this morning, as he looked to, said Tom; that ar hurt me more than sellin', it did. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• He sat down beside her and waited; but suddenly he heard a step echoing far off down the empty rooms, and felt the pressure of the minutes. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• What a wrong, to cut off the girl from the family protection and inheritance only because she had chosen a man who was poor! 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Another way to make the composition is to soak over night in cold water best gelatine or glue 1 part, and the excess of water poured off. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Mr. Gardiner had waited only for the letters before he set off. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Well, said he, did you see him take it off? 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• He went out before I went off. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Every one heard, of course, that there had been some disagreement--some misunderstanding---- Did she hear that Bertha turned me off the yacht? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• He has been talking off and on about such like all day, ma'am, said Jenny softly. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I will try to be worthy, he said, breaking off before he could say of you as well as of her. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• My footman was at that instance setting off for my sister and Dr. Bain: and my good housekeeper was in tears. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• She knows I'm a going to tell,' here his delight broke out again, 'and has made off. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I have heard from my uncle how well you speak in public, so that every one is sorry when you leave off, and how clearly you can explain things. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Not wanting to go through the yard, because of the dogs, she turned off along the hill-side to descend on the pond from above. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Some distance off, across a paddock, lay a long gray-tiled out-building. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Of course he may have just mucked off with him too. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• I should like that well enough, dear,' replied Charlotte; 'but tills ain't to be emptied every day, and people to get clear off after it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Suddenly she aroused herself and exclaimed, But I'll shake it off. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Mr. Sprague realized the trouble, quickly threw off the current and stopped the engine. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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