take off

1. PHRASAL VERB (飞机)起飞
   When an aeroplane takes off, it leaves the ground and starts flying.
   1. We eventually took off at 11 o'clock and arrived in Venice at 1.30.
      我们终于在11点起飞，1:30 到达威尼斯。
2. PHRASAL VERB (产品、活动、事业等)腾飞，突然成功
   If something such as a product, an activity, or someone's career takes off, it suddenly becomes very successful.
   1. They need to expand the number of farmers who are involved if the scheme's going to really take off...
      这个方案要想真正成功，他们就需要增加参与的农场主的人数。
   2. In 1944, he met Edith Piaf, and his career took off.
      1944 年，他结识了伊迪思·比阿夫，从此他的事业开始腾飞。
3. PHRASAL VERB (突然)离开，走开，走掉
   If you take off or take yourself off, you go away, often suddenly and unexpectedly.
   1. He took off at once and headed back to the motel...
      他立刻离开，回到汽车旅馆。
   2. He took himself off to Mexico.
      他突然动身去了墨西哥。
4. PHRASAL VERB 脱下，脱掉(衣物)
   If you take a garment off, you remove it.
   1. He wouldn't take his hat off...
      他不肯摘下帽子。
   2. She took off her spectacles.
      她摘下了眼镜。
5. PHRASAL VERB 请假;休假;告假
   If you take time off, you obtain permission not to go to work for a short period of time.
   1. Mitchel's schedule had not permitted him to take time off...
      米切尔的日程安排使他无法休假。
   2. She took two days off work.
      她休了两天假。
6. PHRASAL VERB 把…带走;(尤指强迫某人)使同去
   If you take someone off, you make them go with you to a particular place, especially when they do not want to go there.
   1. The police stopped her and took her off to a police station...
      警察拦住她，把她带到了警察局。
   2. Martinez was taken off to jail.
      马丁内斯被抓进了大牢。
7. PHRASAL VERB (为逗乐)模仿，学(别人的言谈举止)
   If you take someone off, you imitate them and the things that they do and say, in such a way that you make other people laugh.
   1. Mike can take off his father to perfection.
      迈克模仿爸爸时惟妙惟肖。
8. PHRASAL VERB 撤销，取消(服务或娱乐)
   If something such as a service or entertainment is taken off, it is withdrawn so that people can no longer use it or watch it.
   1. We would very much deplore it if a popular programme were taken off as a result of political pressure...
      如果一档受人喜爱的节目因为政治压力遭停播的话，我们将非常痛心。
   2. The network took it off the air in 1971.
      1971 年，广播网停播了这个节目。
9. See also: takeoff

1. I think boxing will take off in a big way here.
   我想拳击运动在这儿会有很大的发展。
2. We have introduced singers like Madeline Bell as headliners and I think the club is beginning to take off.
   我们已经聘请了马德琳·贝尔等歌手担任主唱，我认为俱乐部马上就会有起色了。
3. We must take off the kid gloves and smash these evil monsters once and for all.
   我们不能再过于小心翼翼了，必须彻底消灭这些恶势力。
4. You can watch aircraft take off or land at close quarters
   你可以近距离观察飞机的起降。
5. They used to take off their clothes and go skinny dipping in the creek.
   他们以前常常脱了衣服在小河里裸泳。
6. I saw him take off his anorak and sling it into the back seat.
   我看见他把带帽防寒服脱下来扔在了后面的座位上。
7. Take off the price of the house, that's another hundred thousand.
   减去房价，又是10万。
8. We eventually took off at 11 o'clock and arrived in Venice at 1.30.
   我们终于在11点起飞，1:30到达威尼斯。
9. They need to expand the number of farmers who are involved if the scheme's going to really take off
   这个方案要想真正成功，他们就需要增加参与的农场主的人数。
10. In 1944, he met Edith Piaf, and his career took off.
    1944年，他结识了伊迪思·比阿夫，从此他的事业开始腾飞。
11. He took off at once and headed back to the motel
    他立刻离开，回到汽车旅馆。
12. He took himself off to Mexico.
    他突然动身去了墨西哥。
13. He wouldn't take his hat off
    他不肯摘下帽子。
14. She took off her spectacles.
    她摘下了眼镜。
15. Mitchel's schedule had not permitted him to take time off
    米切尔的日程安排使他无法休假。
16. She took two days off work.
    她休了两天假。
17. The police stopped her and took her off to a police station
    警察拦住她，把她带到了警察局。
18. Martinez was taken off to jail.
    马丁内斯被抓进了大牢。
19. Mike can take off his father to perfection.
    迈克模仿爸爸时惟妙惟肖。
20. We would very much deplore it if a popular programme were taken off as a result of political pressure
    如果一档受人喜爱的节目因为政治压力遭停播的话，我们将非常痛心。
21. The network took it off the air in 1971.
    1971年，广播网停播了这个节目。
22. Do take off your coat, please.
    请宽衣。
23. The plane is about to take off.
    飞机就要起飞了。
24. Please get ready to warm up and take off.
    准备发动和起飞。
25. Take off those wet clothes or you'll get a cold.
    脱下那些湿衣服，不然你要感冒的。
26. Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.
    脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
27. I can not beat it into his head that he should take off his hat in the house.
    在室内应该脱帽这件事，我再怎么讲他也听不进去。
28. Spectators are requested to take off their hats so as not to block others'view.
    请观众脱帽，以免挡住别人的视线。
29. I had better take off.
    我最好告辞了。
30. If we take off right away.
    我们要是马上就走了。

verb

1. remove clothes
   1. take off your shirt--it's very hot in here

2. take away or remove
   1. Take that weight off me!

3. make a subtraction
   1. subtract this amount from my paycheck

   Synonym:    subtractdeduct

4. prove fatal
   1. The disease took off

5. mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner
   1. This song takes off from a famous aria

6. get started or set in motion, used figuratively
   1. the project took a long time to get off the ground

   Synonym:    get off the ground

7. leave
   1. The family took off for Florida

   Synonym:    departpartstartstart outset forthset offset out

8. depart from the ground
   1. The plane took off two hours late

   Synonym:    lift off

9. take time off from work

   Synonym:    take time off