strike out

• 短语动词，表示开始新的独立事业、尝试失败，或通过划掉来删除某物。

A phrasal verb used to indicate starting a new independent venture, or failing in an attempt, or deleting something by drawing a line through it.

不可数 · 不规则动词 · 不及物 · 短语动词，不可分

1. Start a new pathinformal

   To begin a new and independent course of action, often with determination.

   开辟新路

   • After college, he decided to strike out on his own and start a business.
   • She struck out for the city to pursue her acting career.
   • They struck out into the wilderness without a map.

   同义词branch outembarkset outventure

2. Fail or be unsuccessfulinformalamerican

   To fail in an attempt or effort.

   失败

   • He struck out in his attempt to get the job.
   • The team struck out in the final round of the competition.
   • I tried to fix the computer, but I struck out.

   同义词failflopfoundermiscarrymiss

   反义词prevailprospersucceedthrive

3. Delete or cross outformal

   To remove or cancel something by drawing a line through it.

   划掉

   • Please strike out any incorrect information on the form.
   • The editor struck out the redundant paragraph.
   • He struck out his name from the list.

   同义词cancelcross outdeleteeraseexciseexpungeobliteratescore outscratch out

基本动词strike