MULTI-WORD VERBS： WITH‘OFF’ off的短語動詞
如果用最簡單的評議來解釋off表示的空間上的基本意思，那就是not on:
Put your coat on, then take it off.試試這件外套，然后脫下來。
Sit on the wall, then jump off.坐在墻上，然后跳下來。
off這個最基本的意思是如何引申的, 我們可以看一下下面的例子：
Switch the light/TV off.把燈/電視關(guān)了。
He took $2 off the price. 他把價錢降了2美元。
The match is off/has been called off.比賽停止/取消了。
我們來比較一下下面的這三個句子：
break off a branch 折斷了樹枝
break off relations 斷絕關(guān)系
break off for a cup of tea 歇一會兒喝杯茶
Secondary meaning of ;’off’ off的第二個意思
●off還有另外一個空間上的意思，“就是從某處離開或者把某個事物從某處離開”：
He set off at down.他黎明時出發(fā)。
He went off with a happy heart.他滿懷幸福地睡著了。
off轉(zhuǎn)化后訪問演出變成了下面例句中的意思：
We will buy him off. 我們收買了他。
He made off with the money.他帶著錢逃走了。
●off還有“變少”的意思。比如說：
The interest in our product is telling off/cooling. Off/dying off.我們產(chǎn)品的收益降低了。
The effect of the drug is wearing off.毒品的作用慢慢消退了。
●off可以給動詞添加“做得絕；完成動作的意思：
They are killing off the native plants.他們滅絕了所有的當(dāng)?shù)刂参铩?/DIV>
Iwant to finish off this job before I go.我想在走之前把工作完成。
Idiomatic “verb+off ” Combinations 動詞和off的慣用語
在動詞+off的組合中，有些你是無法推測出它們的意思的。像這樣的動詞短語我們只有記憶它。比如下面的這些慣用語：
●let was guilty, but the judge let him off.他有罪，但是法官寬恕了他。
●go off,set/let off 放（炮，槍）
The bomb went off at 2 p.m.炮彈在下午2點爆炸。
They set/let the bomb off at 2 p.m.他們的在下午2點開炮。
●ome off, go off, bring/pull off成功；舉行
Her tgrick came off.她的策略成功了。
The party ewent off very well.晚會進行得很好。
It was diffcult, but they brought /pulled it off.這事很困難，但是他們還是成功了。
●put off使反感；使不高興
The smell of the place put me off.這地方的氣味讓我討厭。
●drop/nod/go off(to sleep)（口語）睡著，入睡
He dropped off(to sleep as soon as he laydown. 他一躺下就睡著了。
●tell off責(zé)備
Her father told her off for lying.她爸爸責(zé)備她，因為她說謊。
