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turn offturn off1.■(把…)关掉The tap won't turn off and there is water all over the floor.水龙头关不上, 满地都是水。He turned off the water.他关上了水龙头。2.■转向; 拐弯The road to Watts turns off here.去瓦茨的路从这里拐弯。They turned off at the foot of a hill.他们在山脚下拐弯了。3.■完成I turned off a good piece of work this morning.今天上午我完成了一件令人满意的工作。4.■(使某人)感到厌烦Half the crowd turned off when the speaker began talking about pop music.讲话人开始谈起流行音乐时, 一半听众兴味索然。The boy often turns off his mother.这孩子经常使他母亲烦恼。5.■解雇, 辞退I have turned off my maid.我已把女仆辞了。She was turned off by her boss.她被老板解雇了。

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turn off1.■关闭，关掉，关上(水源、煤气、电源等)；关掉(水龙头等)；关掉(电器)：She forgot to turn off the tap, so there was water all over the floor.她忘关水龙头了，地板上全是水。Have you turned off the TV?你关电视了吗?2.■岔开(大路)；离开(某条路)转入岔路；(行人等)拐弯：Let’s turn off the motorway at exit 9.咱们在第9出口下高速公路吧。3.■(路)岔开，分岔：The road to the museum turns off here.去博物馆的路由这儿岔开。The road turns off to the square here.这条路在这儿分岔通往广场。4.■突然(或无意识地)收敛(或停止)(笑容)：to turn off a smile突然收住笑容5.■[美国俚语]使(某人)厌烦(或沮丧)，使失去兴趣(或热情)，使不喜爱：The film really turned us off.这部影片真让我们烦透了。She turned right off mathematics when they got the new teacher.来了新老师后，她就对数学不再感兴趣了。6.■[英国英语]辞退；解雇(雇员)：Four employees were turned off this week.这一周有四名雇员遭解雇。7.■避开(话题)，回避；(使)偏离，(使)转向，转移：Why did the president turn off the question?总统为什么回避这个问题?8.■(用车床)削掉，旋掉，车出：The lathe turns off a shaft in just one minute.车床仅在一分钟内就可车出一根轴。9.■制造，生产；完成，作成：The workers have turned off a great deal of work this month.工人们本月已经干了很多活儿。Our factory can now turn off quality products.我们厂现在可以生产优质产品了。10.■[口语]使成婚；使嫁出11.■处理掉，卖掉，抛售12.■变成某种状态：The weather turned off warm.天气变热了。13.■变坏，变糟，变质，变酸；坏掉14.■[俚语]不再听：He turned off as she kept up her chatter.她喋喋不休时，他没有去听。15.■[俚语]绞死；吊死：The murderer was turned off.这个杀人犯被绞死了。16.■[俚语]成功地抢劫(某处)：The bank was turned off this morning.银行今早被抢劫了。

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