turn off

• 关闭或停止设备、灯光、水源等的运行或流动；也指使某人失去兴趣或产生反感。

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of stopping the operation or flow of something, such as a device, light, or water, or to cause someone to lose interest or become repelled.

不可数 · 及物和不及物 · 短语动词，可分

1. Stop a deviceformal

   To cause a device, machine, or light to stop operating by pressing a switch or button.

   关闭

   • Please turn off the lights when you leave.
   • He turned off the television and went to bed.
   • Don't forget to turn off the computer before you go.

   同义词deactivateshut offswitch off

   反义词activatestartswitch onturn on

2. Cause disgust or disinterestinformal

   To cause someone to lose interest or feel repelled.

   使反感

   • His rude comments really turned her off.
   • The movie's slow pace turned off many viewers.
   • The smell of the food turned him off completely.

   同义词alienatedisgustnauseateoffendput offrepelsicken

   反义词attractengageenticeexciteinterest

3. Leave a roadformal

   To leave one road and enter another, especially a smaller one.

   转弯

   • Turn off the main road at the next junction.
   • We turned off the highway to find a gas station.
   • She turned off onto a narrow country lane.

   同义词divergeexitleave

   反义词enterjoinmerge

基本动词turn