go off

phrasal verb

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go off

to leave a place, especially in order to do something离开（尤指去做某事）
- She went off to get a drink.她拿饮料去了。
to be fired; to explode开火；爆炸
- The gun went off by accident.枪走火了。
- The bomb went off in a crowded street.炸弹在挤满人群的大街上爆炸了。
if an alarm, etc. goes off, it makes a sudden loud noise（警报器等）突然发出巨响
if a light, the electricity, etc. goes off, it stops working（电灯）熄灭；（电）中断；停止运行
- Suddenly the lights went off.灯突然熄灭了。
- The heating goes off at night.暖气夜间停止供热。
opposite go on (3)
(British English, informal) to go to sleep入睡；睡着
- Hasn't the baby gone off yet?孩子还没睡着吗？
(British English) if food or drink goes off, it becomes bad and not fit to eat or drink（食物、饮料）变质，变坏
(British English) to get worse in quality（质量）下降
- Her books have gone off in recent years.她近年写的书质量下降了。
to happen in a particular way（以某种方式）发生
- The meeting went off well.会议进行得很好。

go off (on somebody)

(North American English, informal) to suddenly become angry with somebody突然生（某人的）气
- He just went off on her and started yelling.他突然对她发火，开始大喊大叫。

go off somebody/something

(British English, informal) to stop liking somebody/something or lose interest in them/it不再喜欢某人（或某事物）；失去对…的兴趣
- Jane seems to be going off Paul.简好像不再喜欢保罗了。
- I've gone off beer.我对啤酒已不感兴趣。
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