go off phrasal verbphr v a) leave 离开 to leave a place, especially in order to do something 离开,走〔尤指为了做某事〕 John decided to go off on his own. 约翰决定自己一个人走。
to He went off to work as usual. 他和往常一样去上班。
go off to do something Geoff went off to play golf. 杰夫去打高尔夫球了。
b) explode 爆炸EXPLODE to explode or fire 爆炸;开火 The bomb went off at 6.30 this morning. 炸弹在今晨6时30分爆炸。
Fireworks were going off all over the city. 城里到处在燃放烟花。
The gun went off and the bullet went flying over his head. 枪响了,子弹从他头上飞过。
c) make a noise 发出响声SOUND if an alarm goes off, it makes a noise to warn you about something 〔警报器〕发出响声 The thieves ran away when the alarm went off. 警报器一响,小偷就逃走了。
I’ve set the alarm clock to go off at 7 am. 我把闹钟设在早上7点。
d) stop liking 不再喜欢 go off somebody/something British EnglishBrE informalDON'T LIKE to stop liking something or someone 不再喜欢某人/某物 Many women go off coffee during pregnancy. 许多女性怀孕时不再喝咖啡。
go off doing something I’ve gone off cooking lately. 我最近对做饭不感兴趣了。
e) stop working 停止工作OFF/SWITCHED OFF if a machine or piece of equipment goes off, it stops working 〔机器或设备〕停止运转 The central heating goes off at 9 o’clock. 中央供暖系统9点钟停开。
Suddenly, all the lights went off. 霎时间,所有的灯都熄灭了。
f) go off well/badly etcHAPPEN to happen in a particular way 进展很好/很糟糕等 The party went off very well. 派对开得很顺利。
g) happen 发生 British EnglishBrE spoken informal to happen 发生 SYN go on There was a blazing row going off next door. 隔壁吵得正凶。
h) decay 腐烂 British EnglishBrEDECAY if food goes off, it becomes too bad to eat 〔食物〕变坏,变质 The milk’s gone off. 牛奶坏了。
i) sleep 睡觉SLEEP to go to sleep 入睡 I’d just gone off to sleep when the phone rang. 我刚入睡,电话铃响了。
j) get worse 变坏 British EnglishBrE informalWORSE to get worse 变坏,变差 He’s a singer whose talent has gone off in recent years. 他是一名近年来才华已尽的歌手。
go off somebody/something• She had just put him inside her when all of a sudden the music got louder and those cannons started going off.• As Mike moved towards my table the two children left him, going off across the terrace in different directions.• The female sits inside the nest while the male goes off collecting nest material.• Remi was gone off in the dark to get another box.• The referee then went off the field to consult an officer at the touchline who waved us off the pitch.• My great-grandparents were aghast at the idea of a married woman, with a child, going off to school.• He was a miner and he went off to the First World War and got killed.• Ramsay went off to try to recruit more men in his part of Lothian.