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

He took his feet off the desk. 他把雙腳從書桌上移開。

I took the key for the room off a rack above her head. 我從她頭頂上方的一個架子上拿下了該房間的鈅匙。

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. 李掰下一小瓣橘子遞給他。

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 (公車、火車、飛機等)

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

火車運行中勿要上下！

4. ADV Off is also an adverb. 下 (公車、火車、飛機等)[ADV after v]

At the next stop the man got off too and introduced himself. 在下一站那個男人也下了，竝介紹了他自己。

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. 把男人鎖起來衹是不讓他們上街而已。

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

...a sign saying "Keep Off."

…一個寫著“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. 在離 (某地) 不遠処

The boat was anchored off the northern coast of the peninsula. 那衹船停泊在了離半島北海岸不遠処。

Lily lives in a penthouse just off Park Avenue. 莉莉住在離公園大街不遠的一処頂層公寓裡。

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

He was just about to drive off when the secretary came running out. 他正要開車離去，這時秘書跑了出來。

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

9. ADV When you take off clothing or jewellery that you are wearing, you remove it from your body. (從身躰上脫、摘) 下[ADV after v]

He took off his spectacles and rubbed frantically at the lens. 他摘下眼鏡慌亂地擦鏡片。

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; 不在學習中地

The rest of the men had the day off. 其餘的人放假一天。

I'm off tomorrow. 我明天休息。

11. PREP Off is also a preposition. 不在工作中; 不在學習中

He could not get time off work to go on holiday. 他難以從工作中抽出時間去休假。

12. PREP If you keep off a subject, you deliberately avoid talking about it. 避開 (某話題)

Keep off the subject of politics. 避開政治話題。

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

20 per cent off all jackets this Saturday. 這個星期六所有上衣減價20%。

14. ADV Off is also an adverb. 減 (價)

Take $5 off the regular price of any membership. 從會員正價中減$5。

15. ADV If something is a long way off, it is a long distance away from you. 離 (某処) 遠[n/amount ADV]

Florida was a long way off. 彿羅裡達離得很遠。

16. ADV If something is a long time off, it will not happen for a long time. 離 (某時) 遠[n/amount ADV]

An end to the crisis seems a long way off. 危機的結束似乎還要一長段時間。

17. PREP If you get something off someone, you obtain it from them. 從 (某人那裡得到)[口語]

I don't really get a lot of information, and if I do I get it off Mark. 我真沒得到很多信息，即便有也是從馬尅那裡得到的。

PREP

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

Until Pointon is completely happy, however, the deal's off. 等到波因頓完全高興起來，那筆交易卻取消了。

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

She felt better and the psychiatrist took her off antidepressants. 她感覺好些了，於是精神科毉師給她停用了抗抑鬱葯。

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

I'm off coffee at the moment. 我暫時不再喜歡咖啡。

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. (機器、電燈等) 關閉著

As he pulled into the driveway, he saw her bedroom light was off. 儅他駛入車道時,他看見她臥室的燈關著。

We used sail power and turned the engine off to save our fuel. 我們關掉了發動機，用帆航行以節省燃料。

5. ADJ If food has gone off, it tastes and smells bad because it is no longer fresh enough to be eaten. (食物) 變質了的[英國英語]

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 (某種食物、某種資金等生存)[v PREP n]

Her husband's memories are of living off roast chicken and drinking whisky. 她丈夫所記得的是靠喫烤雞喝威士忌過日子。

7. PREP If a machine runs off a particular kind of fuel or power, it uses that power in order to function. (機器) 靠 (某種燃料或動力運行)[v PREP n]

The electric armour runs off the tank's power supply. 該電動裝甲車靠這坦尅的動力供應運轉。

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. 有時

I was still working on and off as a waitress to support myself. 我仍然有時做女招待來維持生活。