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throw off

甩掉,抛出,甩开,扔掉

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Definitions

v.动词 verb
  1. 1

    • : to free oneself of; discard
    • : to produce or utter in a casual mannerto throw off a witty remark
    • : to escape from or eludethe fox rapidly threw off his pursuers
    • : to confuse or disconcertthe interruption threw the young pianist off
    • : Australian and NZ informal to deride or ridicule

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Examples

  • Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.

  • A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.

  • The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.

  • The off-year special election into which Duke threw himself drew little media notice at first.

  • Aaron Paul may play a young Han Solo in the first Star Wars spin-off.

  • If you throw away this chance, you will both richly deserve to be hanged, as I sincerely trust you will be.

  • A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.

  • That woman meant mischief, or she would never have dared to suggest that a British officer should throw in his lot with hers.

  • If the Turks get hold of a lot of fresh men and throw them upon us during the night,—perhaps they may knock us off into the sea.

  • Nothing will be easier then to throw the Poles into the shade of the picture, or to occupy the foreground with a brilliant review.