offing
['ɔ:fiŋ,'ɔfiŋ]
n.(较远而可见的)海面,不远的将来
例句与用法:
They paid me the princely sum of USD5000.
他们慷慨地给我5000美元。
The writer gets a 10% royalty on each copy sold of his book.
作者从每本卖出的书中可得10%的版税。
The woman said that she could not sleep without her husband's snore after 20 years of marriage.
那位妇人说结婚20年来,听不到她丈夫的呼噜声,她就睡不着觉。
The smell of cooking tells them there is a meal in the offing.
他们闻到做菜的味儿,知道眼看要吃饭了。
The mean of 7,9 and 14 is 10.
7、9和14 的平均数是10。
Look at those black clouds. I think there is rain in the offing.
看那些乌云,我想天马上就要下雨了。
I felt comfortable sailing on the smoothness of the sea.
在平静的海面上航行我感到很舒服。
词形变化:
副词: officiously |
名词: officiousness |
n.
较远而可见的海面
offing
■One squadron peeled off to attack enemy bombers.
一中队战机脱离编队攻击敌轰炸机群。
■It's natural to slack2 off towards the end of a hard day's work.
一天紧张工作快结束的时候有些放松是自然的。
■A small party of men were told off for burial duty.
一小组人被分派去执行掩埋的任务。
■After work we all beetle off for a drink.
下班之后我们都急忙赶去喝几杯。
■She can't just be written off as an eccentric recluse.
不能仅仅把她当成一个古怪的隐居者。
■Keep your hands off me; or I'll knock you down.
不要碰我,当心我把你打倒在地。
■Joel wanted to pay William off for backbiting him.
乔尔因威廉在背后说他坏话而要对他进行报复。
■Form where we lay anchor, we could see the ships in the offing.
从我们抛锚的地方可以看到近海的船。
■He'll talk your head off if you give him a chance.
他一有机会就会对你说个没完。
■He headed a crowd off from the wrong exit.
他上前阻止人群从错的出口出去。
■It is impossible for him to get off the contract.
他不可能解除契约对自己的束缚。
■He teed off on his son for wrecking the car.
他严厉训斥他儿子毁坏了汽车。
■He ran off an article for the local newspaper.
他为当地报纸匆匆写了篇文章。
■He sloped off without being seen.
他人不知鬼不觉地溜走了。
■He chopped a branch off the tree.
他从树上砍下一根树枝。
■He came off the bike but nothing serious happened.
他从自行车上摔下来,但没有出什么事。
■Their marriage got off to rather a shaky start.
他们的婚姻一开始就有些不稳固。
■He turned off the dash light and drove on.
他关掉仪表板上的灯,继续驱车前进。
■He's got off to a flying start in his new job.
他兴致勃勃地开始他的新工作。
■He sheared off the ragged edges.
他切掉了参差不齐的边。
■He neatly fended off a jab at his chest.
他利落地挡开了当胸的一击。
■He cut off a bunch of grapes to entertain us.
他剪下一串葡萄招待我们。
■He snipped off the corner of the milk carton.
他剪掉牛奶袋的边角。
■He just hopped off without telling us he was going.
他匆匆走了,也没告诉我一声。
■Pneumonia carried him off last winter.
他去年患肺炎逝世了。
■He had a high fever which nearly finished him off.
他发了一次高烧,差点把命送了。
■He can fling off a poem in half an hour.
他可以在半小时之内草就一首诗。
■He bit off a large piece of the apple.
他咬下一大块苹果。
■He died in a shipwreck off the south coast.
他在南部海岸一带的海难中死亡。
■The novelty of his surroundings soon wore off.
他对环境的新奇感不久就淡薄了。
■He wasn't drunk, he was goofing off.
他并未喝醉,而是茫然出神。
■He must shuck off the bad habits.
他应该改掉过去的坏习惯。
■He started off with one small factory, and now he's the head of an oil empire.
他开始只经营一家小工厂,如今已成为一个石油大企业的头儿。
■He cut off the branches from the trunk.
他把树干上的小分枝都剪掉。
■He eld off his departure until his sister had come.
他推迟行期直到他妹妹来后才走。
■He chopped a branch off that tree yesterday.
他昨天从那棵树上砍下一根树枝。
■He is a great guy, a chip off the old block.
他是一位好人,就像他父亲一样。
■He has a huge overdraft to pay off.
他有一大笔透支要偿还。
■He came on the off chance of finding me at home.
他来找我时是想到我或许有可能正在家中。
■He's been a bit off his oats since his illness.
他生病以来胃口就不大好。
■He struck off the rotten branches with an axe.
他用斧头砍掉了朽烂的树枝。
■He shouldered off a defender and shot at goal.
他用肩膀挡开防守队员後射门。
■He sleeved the sweat off his face.
他用袖子擦干脸上的汗水。
■His leg had to be taken off above the knee.
他的一条腿从膝盖以上截去了。
■His symphony was laughed off the stage at its first rehearsal.
他的交响曲在第一次预演时就受到嘲笑而不能上演。
■He was able to cast off such an uninteresting task.
他终于摆脱了这么一项乏味的工作。
■He can run off many classics from memory.
他能把许多古典作品倒背如流。
■The stain on his shirt is difficult to clean off.
他衬衣上的污点很难去除掉。
■He managed to ward off the blow.
他设法避过了那一击。
■He cried off after saying he would help us.
他说他会帮我们的,后来却打了退堂鼓。