来源:BBC英语教学
原标题:同 off 连用的动词短语
单词 off 虽小,但是作用大,因为它可以改变一个动词的意思!

1 Since so many stakeholders are busy, we are _________ today‘s meeting until tomorrow.
a) pulling off
b) making off
c) holding off
d) putting off
2 Which phrasal verb means ‘to stop employing a worker, usually because there is no work for them to do’?
a) lay off
b) put off
c) write off
d) break off
3 “Good morning. This is your captain speaking. We are ready to _________ and will land in Shanghai at 9.00pm this evening.”
a) make off
b) shut off
c) take off
d) lay off
4 It took me ten years of working to _________ my student loan.
a) buy off
b) bring off
c) put off
d) pay off
5 I don‘t think he will ever be able to pay me back the money he owes me. I’ll just have to _________ the debt.
a) go off
b) write off
c) pay off
d) show off
6. Since losing my job, I have been _________ my savings.
a) taking off
b) setting off
c) living off
d) cutting off
答案
1) d, 2) a, 3) c, 4) d, 5) b, 6) c
