off /ɔf, əf/ I. adv. 1. (离)开，(走)开：We’re off! (或Off we go!)我们出发了! He had gone off to work.他去上班了。He walked off.他走开了。 2.离，距：The city is 20 miles off.那座城市在20英里以外。May Day is only a week off. 离“五一”节只一星期了。3.构成短语动词：take (ask for) a day off 休(请)假一天；take one’s coat off 脱掉大衣；turn off the radio 关掉收音机 4.切断，停止：Is the gas off or on? 煤气关着，还是开着? The engagement is off. 婚约废除了。 5.…掉；…下：bite off a piece 咬掉一块 6.…完，…光：drink off 喝完；pay off 付清 7.用于习语 off and on断断续续地(= on and off): It has been raining off and on.一直在断断续续地下雨。‖II. prep.1. 从…离开，(离)开： He jumped off the bus.他从公共汽车上跳了下来。2. 用于习语off balance adv.& adj.失去平衡：A gust of wind knocked/threw her off balance and she fell.一阵风把她刮得失去了平衡，她倒下来了。off(-)duty adj.下班：He looks completely different when he’s off-duty and in his normal clothes.下班后穿上便服他看起来完全变了样。off one’s guard不值班；疏忽, 大意（见guard）off the record不公开，不报道（见record条）