turn off ( turning, turned, turns )

• 1. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you turn off the road or path you are going along, you start going along a different road or path which leads away from it. 离开 (道路)

  例：

  The truck turned off the main road, and went along the gravelly track which led to the farm.

  卡车离开主路，沿着通向农场的碎石路行驶。

• 2. 

  PHRASAL VERB When you turn off a piece of equipment or a supply of something, you stop heat, sound, or water from being produced by adjusting the controls. 关掉

  例：

  The light's a bit too harsh. You can turn it off.

  那灯光有点太刺眼。你可以关掉它。

• 3. 

  PHRASAL VERB If something turns you off a particular subject or activity, it makes you have no interest in it. 对…失去兴趣

  例：

  What turns teenagers off science?

  是什么使青少年们对科学失去了兴趣？

  例：

  Greed on the part of owners and athletes turns fans off completely.

  球队老板和运动员的贪婪使球迷们对其完全失去了兴趣。

• 4. 

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