get off phrasal verbphr v a) LEAVE A PLACEleave 离开 to leave a place, or to help someone to leave a place (使)离开,(使)动身 We’ll try and get off straight after lunch. 我们尽量吃过午饭就出发。
get off something Get off my land! 从我的地盘走开!
get somebody off I’ll phone you as soon as I’ve got the children off to school. 我把孩子们打发上学后马上打电话给你。
b) LEAVE A PLACEfinish work 结束工作 get off (something) to finish work and leave the place where you work at the end of the day 下班 I usually get off at six o’clock. 我一般六点钟下班。
What time do you get off work? 你什么时候下班?
c) send STH 寄出某物 get something offTCMSEND to send a letter or package by post 邮寄某物,寄出某物 I’ll have to get this letter off by tonight. 我得在今晚前把这封信寄出去。
get something off to I’ll get the forms off to you today. 今天我会把表格寄给你。
d) clothing 衣服 get something off to remove a piece of clothing 脱下,脱掉〔衣物〕 Why don’t you get those wet clothes off? 你干吗不把湿衣服脱下来?
e) SCnot be punished 未受惩罚 if someone gets off, they are not punished for doing something wrong, or they receive only a small punishment 没有受到惩罚;被从轻处罚 In the end he got off because there wasn’t enough evidence against him. 最后因为证据不足,他没有受到惩罚。
The police felt he had got off very lightly. 警方认为对他的处罚太轻了。
with If you’re lucky, you’ll get off with a fine. 你运气好的话,罚点钱就可以了。
f) help SB not be punished 帮助某人免受处罚 get somebody offPUNISH to help someone avoid being punished for a crime 使某人免受惩罚 Her lawyers were confident that they could get her off. 她的律师有信心让她免受惩罚。
g) SLEEPsleep 睡觉 get (somebody) off to go to sleep, or to help a child go to sleep 睡觉;哄(某人)睡觉 I went to bed but couldn’t get off to sleep. 我上了床,但是睡不着。
It took us ages to get the baby off. 我们好久才把宝宝哄睡着。
h) START DOING something get off to a good/bad etc start to start in a particular way 有好的/不好的等开端 The day had got off to a bad start. 这一天一开始就不顺利。
i) stop talking about STH 停止谈论某事 get off something to stop talking about a subject 不再谈论某事 Can we get off the subject of death, please? 我们不说死亡这个话题了好不好?
j) stop touching STH 不碰某物 get off (something/somebody) informalSTOP DOING something used to tell someone to stop touching something or someone 不要碰(某物/某人) Get off those cakes, or there’ll be trouble. 别碰那些蛋糕,否则有你好看的。
Get off (=stop touching me)! 别碰我!
k) tell somebody where to get off informalDISAGREE to tell someone that they are asking you for too much or are behaving in a way you will not accept 叫某人适可而止 He wanted £50, but I told him where to get off. 他想要50英镑,我叫他别太过分。
l) get off your butt/ass American EnglishAmE spoken not polite used to tell someone that they should stop being lazy and start doing something useful 抬起屁股收收你的懒骨头 get off• Do you know where we're supposed to get off?• I don't know how I'm going to get this old varnish off.• Tell the driver you want to get off at Greene Street.• You got off easy; you should have been expelled.• However, when at last she got off he was nowhere to be seen, and she felt another thrill of triumph.• At the foot of the hill, she got off her bicycle and began to push it.• If he gets off, it's because he has a smart lawyer.• Despite the evidence against him, Heston got off scot-free.• Bournemouth hopefully won't get off the floor.• Lennox got off the plane and made his way through customs.• How do you get mold stains off the wall?• We got to get off this here hill.• Not only do we punish those who get off welfare, we require little of those who stay on. get off something• However, when at last she got off he was nowhere to be seen, and she felt another thrill of triumph.• He meant to get off, I think, but was petrified.• Now there was a solution, that is, if it ever got off the drawing board.• Bournemouth hopefully won't get off the floor.• Perhaps he could get off the hook by saying he would go in the morning?• Oh yes, they're very good at theory but no bloody good at getting off their bums and looking for themselves!• We got to get off this here hill.• Not only do we punish those who get off welfare, we require little of those who stay on. get off (something)• He meant to get off, I think, but was petrified.• Now there was a solution, that is, if it ever got off the drawing board.• Bournemouth hopefully won't get off the floor.• Perhaps he could get off the hook by saying he would go in the morning?• Oh yes, they're very good at theory but no bloody good at getting off their bums and looking for themselves!• We got to get off this here hill.• Not only do we punish those who get off welfare, we require little of those who stay on.
get something off• And I said, well, but do they get it off?• Firms with shorter names like Boeing do not get chopped off.• Pick your head up to look too far down the road and get it lopped off.• Sometimes, a few cues from Deborah got them off and running.• I see Chapman got sent off for Portsmouth.• Nathan gets and goes off in search of somewhere quiet, clutching a toilet roll and anxious anticipations.• To climb back into the presidential race, he must get abortion off the agenda.• He then got up off the floor and threatened to hit the labour master with his boots in his hand.
get with• I don't see how he should have got off with 7 years.• Phil kept complaining that the $500 fine was unfair, but I think he got off lightly.• If he pleads guilty and begs for the mercy of the court, he may get off with a fine and deportation.• If you're lucky you'll get off with a warning, if you're not you'll have to pay a fine.• He'd been lucky to get off with a year for that.• I know that the bloke who tucked you up will get off with it scot free.• It's against the law, but they get off with it.• He got off with just a small fine.• It's appalling that rapists can get off with such short prison sentences.• You certainly wouldn't get off with that in any normal company. get somebody off• And I said, well, but do they get it off?• Firms with shorter names like Boeing do not get chopped off.• Pick your head up to look too far down the road and get it lopped off.• Sometimes, a few cues from Deborah got them off and running.• I see Chapman got sent off for Portsmouth.• Nathan gets and goes off in search of somewhere quiet, clutching a toilet roll and anxious anticipations.• To climb back into the presidential race, he must get abortion off the agenda.• He then got up off the floor and threatened to hit the labour master with his boots in his hand.
get (somebody) off• And I said, well, but do they get it off?• Firms with shorter names like Boeing do not get chopped off.• Pick your head up to look too far down the road and get it lopped off.• Sometimes, a few cues from Deborah got them off and running.• I see Chapman got sent off for Portsmouth.• Nathan gets and goes off in search of somewhere quiet, clutching a toilet roll and anxious anticipations.• To climb back into the presidential race, he must get abortion off the agenda.• He then got up off the floor and threatened to hit the labour master with his boots in his hand.
get off something• However, when at last she got off he was nowhere to be seen, and she felt another thrill of triumph.• He meant to get off, I think, but was petrified.• Now there was a solution, that is, if it ever got off the drawing board.• Bournemouth hopefully won't get off the floor.• Perhaps he could get off the hook by saying he would go in the morning?• Oh yes, they're very good at theory but no bloody good at getting off their bums and looking for themselves!• Not only do we punish those who get off welfare, we require little of those who stay on.
get off (something/somebody)• However, when at last she got off he was nowhere to be seen, and she felt another thrill of triumph.• He meant to get off, I think, but was petrified.• Now there was a solution, that is, if it ever got off the drawing board.• Bournemouth hopefully won't get off the floor.• Perhaps he could get off the hook by saying he would go in the morning?• Oh yes, they're very good at theory but no bloody good at getting off their bums and looking for themselves!• We got to get off this here hill.• Not only do we punish those who get off welfare, we require little of those who stay on.
tell somebody where to get off• "Did you give him the money?" "No, I told him where to get off."