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

• On Monday, the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with three other business groups, said protests would damage the economy and scare off tourists.
  周一，香港总商会（HKGCC）与其他三家商业团体表示，抗议将破坏经济并吓跑游客。
• 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。
• 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！
• Entrepeneurs are afraid of doing it. They're worried they're going to scare off future investors.
  创业者们害怕这么做，可能会吓跑未来的投资者。
• Light a fire to scare off the wolves.
  点起火来把狼吓跑。
• I figured somebody was trying to scare off the workers.
  我想是有人想把这些工人吓走。
• Vitamin B does not scare off mosquitoes.
  维他命B并不能吓走蚊子。
• Yet east London also needs better schools; the current crop scare off some of the young, ambitious families that the area needs, while those who choose to stay deserve better.
  伦敦东区也需要更好的学校。现状已经吓跑了一些年轻有为的家庭&这个地区需要这样的家庭，而那些留下来的家庭也应得更好的学校。
• The threat of the government taking stakes would scare off some private investors.
  政府介入行为所引发的恐慌也许会吓跑部分私人投资者。
• 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。