scare off

英 [skeə(r) ɒf]

美 [sker ɔːf]

吓跑; 吓退; 把…吓跑

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 吓跑
  If youscare offorscare awaya person or animal, you frighten them so that they go away.
  1. ...an alarm to scare off an attacker.
     用来吓跑袭击者的警报器
  2. ...the problem of scaring birds away from airport runways.
     把鸟轰离机场跑道的难题
• PHRASAL VERB 吓退;把…吓跑
  If youscaresomeoneoff, you accidentally make them unwilling to become involved with you.
  1. I don't think that revealing your past to your boyfriend scared him off...
     我并不认为是因为你把自己的过去向男朋友坦白才把他吓跑的。
  2. The new Democratic Party is not likely to scare off voters.
     新成立的民主党不太可能吓跑选民。

英英释义

verb

• cause to lose courage
  1. dashed by the refusal
  Synonym:dauntdashpallfrighten offscare awayfrighten awayscare

双语例句

• Coming across as being needy is a quick way to scare off potential friends.
  以一个急切的方式去结识对方会很快地把潜在的朋友给吓跑。
• He was the only one who could put the shadows away and scare off the wardrobe monster.
  他是唯一能抹去阴影，并吓走衣柜里怪物的人。
• Light a fire to scare off the wolves.
  点起火来把狼吓跑。
• You want to scare off my staffs?
  你想吓死我的伙计吗？
• But if neither submits and roars don't scare off the opposition, let battle commence!
  但如果双方都不退却，吼叫也吓不走对方，那就让战争开打吧！
• Local fishermen raced out in their boats to save him, beating drums to scare off any fish that might eat his body and dropping rice into the water to lure away the fish.
  当地的渔夫划着船去救他，敲着鼓吓跑吃他尸体的鱼，并且撒米到河中将鱼诱走。
• Bushwhacking is also a term for using a machete to hack through thick jungle grass or undergrowth, which is used more to scare off animals near you than to carve a path.
  布伊刀也是一把用在草丛或灌木丛里砍草用的大砍刀，可用来吓跑接近你的动物并开拓一条小径。
• The recall isn't enough to scare off Charles Mettler, who ordered an eggs Benedict on Tuesday when he stopped by Drake Diner's in Des Moines, Iowa.
  召回不足使查尔斯梅特勒被吓倒，当他停留在衣阿华得梅因的德克士餐馆时，他在星期二点了火腿蛋松饼。
• The boys made enough noise to scare off any animals.
  男孩子们大叫大嚷，什么野兽都给吓跑了。
• This is a fake video camera which you fix to your wall to scare off burglars.
  这是一个假摄像机，你放在墙上吓跑贼的。