•He drove off at the most incredible speed.他以令人难以置信的速度开车走了。

•Keep the dog on the lead or he'll just run off.好好牵着狗，不然它就会跑掉的。

•Someone's run off with (= taken) my pen.有人拿走了我的钢笔。

•I'm just going off to the shops.我正要赶着去商店。

•If we can get off (= leave) early tomorrow morning we'll avoid most of the traffic.如果我们明天早上早点出发就能避开交通高峰时段。

•I'm off now - see you tomorrow.我要走了——明天见。

•She's off to Canada next week.她下周去加拿大。

•I saw her off (= said goodbye) at the station.我去火车站为她送行。

•The exams are so far off that I'm not even thinking about them yet.考试还远着呢，我甚至连想都没想过。

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•Take your jacket off.把你的夹克衫脱掉。

•One of my buttons has come off.我的一粒钮扣掉了。

•She's had all her hair cut off.她把头发全剪掉了。

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•Make sure the computers are all off before you go home.回家之前一定要把电脑都关掉。

•You can get some money off if you pay cash.如果你付现金的话，可以给你打折。

•There's 40% off this week on all winter coats.本周冬季外套一律打6折。

•There was $40 or $50 off most jackets in the shop.这家商店大多数夹克都减价40或50美元。

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•I'm going to take/have some time off to work on my house.我打算休假一段时间，整修一下我的房子。

•She was off sick last week.她上星期休病假了。

•He's off at the moment - can I get him to ring you back?他现在不在——要我叫他给你回电话吗？

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•The police have shut/closed off all streets leading to the city.警方封闭了所有通往这座城市的道路。

•The area in the park where the kids play is fenced off for safety reasons.为安全起见，公园里用围栏把孩子们玩的场所隔开。

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•It says on the bottle that it kills off all known germs.瓶子上说它可以杀灭所有已知的病菌。

•It'll take some time before she manages to pay off all her debts.她要花一段时间才能偿清所有的债务。

•The good thing about exercise is that it burns off calories.锻炼的好处在于能消耗卡路里。

•informal Between us we managed to finish off eight bottles of wine.我们俩喝光了8瓶酒。

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•We went out for a while to walk off some of our dinner.我们出去走了走，消化一下晚餐吃的东西。

•He's gone to sleep off a headache after rather too much wine.喝了太多的酒以后，他去睡觉以缓解头疼。

•There's no point in getting upset about such remarks - you've just got to laugh them off.犯不着为这些话感到难过——你只需一笑了之。

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•He went off on one and started accusing me of stealing his girlfriend.他声色大变，指责我抢了他的女朋友。

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•Off with his head!砍下他的头！

•Off with your jacket!脱掉你的夹克！

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•There was a 'Keep off the grass' sign.有个告示牌上写著「请勿践踏草坪”。

•All the berries had dropped off the tree.所有的莓子都从树上掉下来了。

•He fell off his bike.他从脚踏车上摔了下来。

•We're still a long way off our target of £30,000.我们离三万英镑的目标还相差很远。

•I hope she knows where to get off (= leave) the bus/train.我希望她知道在哪里下公车／火车。

•How far off finishing the project are we (= How much more is there to do) ?我们距完成这个项目还差多远？

•We've been working on the flat for six months now but we're still a long way off finishing.到现在我们已经花了6个月的时间整修这套公寓房，但我们离完工还差得很远。

•We're not far off (= We are quite near) London now.我们现在离伦敦不远了。

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•I can't get the lid off this jar.我取不下这个罐子上的盖子。

•Has anyone taken a book off my desk?是不是有人从我桌上拿走了一本书？

•Could you cut me a small piece off that big white cheese?你能从那一大块白色起司上给我切下一小片来吗？

•Take your feet off that seat, young man!年轻人，把你的脚从座位上拿开！

•I don't like taking money off you (= asking you for money) !我不喜欢从你那里要钱！

•Get off me (= Stop touching me) !别碰我！

•He's been off his food ever since he had the stomach upset.自从他得了胃病后，就对食物失去了兴趣。

•I used to love wine but I've gone off it (= stopped liking it) recently.我过去喜欢喝酒，可是最近不爱喝了。

•She's well enough to be off the medicine now.她现在身体很好，不必吃药了。

•The doctor says he can come off the tablets.医生说他可以不吃这些药片了。

•She's been off drugs for a year now.至今她已戒毒一年了。

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•He lives just off the main road.他住得离大路不远。

•It's an island off the east coast of Spain.它是西班牙东海岸附近的一个岛屿。

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•This milk smells off.这牛奶有酸味了。

•I'd better eat this cheese before it goes off.我最好在这块起司变质之前吃了它。

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•The wedding's off - she's decided she's too young to settle down.婚礼取消了——她觉得自己还太年轻，不想这么早就安定下来。

•informal It's all off (= The relationship is finished) between Philippa and Mike.菲莉帕和麦克吹了。

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•UK How are you off for money (= Have you got enough/How much have you got) ?你有多少钱？

•Andrew must be so well -off (= rich) by now.安德鲁如今一定很富有了。

•I think they're fairly badly -off (= poor) now that David has lost his job.既然戴维丢了工作，我想他们现在经济上很窘迫。

•I'm quite well off for (= have a lot of) sweaters.我有很多毛衣。

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•I'm having an off day today - I just can't seem to do anything right!我今天状态不佳——好像甚么事都做不好！

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•I'm sorry, sir, the salmon is off.先生，很抱歉，鲑鱼卖完了。

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•He didn't even ring her up on her birthday - I thought that was a bit off.他甚至在她生日那天也没有给她打个电话——我觉得这有点不尽人情。

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•Are we ready for the off, then?那么，我们准备好要走了吗？

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