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

• 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 decoy camera can be fixed to the wall to scare off burglars.
  假相机可以固定在墙上吓走夜间行窃的窃贼。
• 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。
• Don't get closer, or you will scare off those cute birds.
  不要再靠近了，不然你会把那些可爱的鸟给吓跑。
• Vitamin B does not scare off mosquitoes.
  维他命B并不能吓走蚊子。
• Sure, you may go too far in your pursuit of pleasure and scare off an overly sensitive individual, but it's better to play hard than to play it safe and miss out on all of the fun.
  当然，你可能会在追求玩乐的路上走的太远，而你过度敏感的性格使你感到害怕了。但是疯狂地去玩可你比保守娱乐要好得多，否则你会失去很多乐趣的。
• 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！
• The uncertainties over supplies into Crimea as well as political instability will scare off tourists, 70% of whom were from Ukraine last year.
  水电气等民生物资供应的不确定性以及政局的不稳定将吓跑游客，去年赴克里米亚旅游的游客有70%来自乌克兰。
• Baby tiger at this stage will instinctively bare its teeth, tighten its nose and bark to scare off invaders.
  此时的小虎只会本能地紧鼻龇牙，面露凶相，并以尖声的吼叫吓退来犯者。
• The first choice is a simple alarm to scare off potential burglars and perhaps alert neighbors.
  第一份是安装最基本的警报系统建议，用途是当警钟触发后可将贼人吓退及警醒邻居。