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■ off of这两个形状很相近的单词放在一起,并不奇怪。前面的 off 在这里是副词,后面的 of 是介词,加在一起,念成 offa,意思是“从…上面去掉”。 - Get this bug off of me!快点把这只虫子从我身上弄掉!
- Climb down off of that horse with your hands in the air.举着双手,从马上爬下来。
- The scandal has taken much of the luster off of the event.丑闻使得那次盛会大为失色。
- ... said he has been waiting 30 years to recreate the car he saw Roger Moore use to drive off of a dock. (The Associated Press, Feb. 14, 2008)…他说,他曾经看见过罗杰· 摩尔开车冲出船坞,后来等了三十年,才重新创造出这样的车子。
- Why can't we have a compromise? Legalize just marijuana. It's really no worse than alcohol. It's easier to educate and get people off of compared with the addictive drugs. (US News & World Report, Aug. 18, 2008, p.14)(讨论麻醉品可否合法化的问题)咱们为什么不能来个折衷呢?就单让大麻叶合法化吧。它不见得比酒精更坏。它比起那些上瘾药物更为容易教育人们去戒掉(off of 的逻辑宾语是 it,即 marijuana)。
但是,off of 只是美国常用的,而且有些人表示反对,认为应该把 of 去掉,例如:Take your shoes off of the bed. 应该改为 Take your shoes off the bed. 又如:The book fell off of the desk. 应该改为 The book fell off the desk. 目录 |