warn off

英 [wɔːn ɒf]

美 [wɔːrn ɔːf]

警告…离开; 告诫…停止做…

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 警告(…)离开;告诫(…)停止(做…)
  If youwarnsomeoneoff, you tell them to go away or to stop doing something because of possible danger or punishment.
  1. The police warned the intruder off...
     警察警告闯入者离开。
  2. He pressed for a full investigation, but was warned off...
     他迫切要求展开全面调查，但是被叫停。
  3. He spends his spare time visiting schools to warn pupils off drugs.
     他用自己的业余时间访问学校，告诫小学生远离毒品。

双语例句

• For example, a digital wrapper around a demo version of a product could warn the user that there are only a few more uses of the software left before it shuts off.
  例如，包在一个产品演示版外的数字包装器可以警告用户，软件再用几次就要关闭了。
• When a territorial animal or bird intrudes on the territory of another creature of the same species, the latter will only perform some hostile gestures to warn off the intruder.
  当地盘性的动物或鸟类侵入别的同类动物的领地时，后者只会做一些表示敌意的姿态以吓跑入侵者。
• You may be desperate to land that job but if your inner vibes warn you that something is amiss, back off.
  可能你十分想得到这个工作，但如果感觉告诉你这个工作不适合，那就另寻机会吧。
• The male waves his large claw every few seconds to warn other crab off his territory.
  雄性招潮蟹每隔数秒便会挥动它的大蟹钳，警告同类不可踏进它的领土。
• As babies they use their glow to warn off predators but as adults they use the same phenomenon to attract mates.
  萤火虫幼虫会利用他们散发出来的光芒警示天敌，但是成年后他们会用同样的方式来吸引异性。
• A study in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B finds that pigeon wing-flapping produces distinct whistles, which can warn flock-mates, when merely taking off or when actively escaping predators.
  发表在《英国皇家学会学报B》杂志上的一项研究发现，鸽子震动翅膀的时候能产生特别的呼啸声，这可以用于警告它的同伴什么时候仅仅是起飞或者什么时候逃离它们的敌人。
• When receiving the sixth iceberg to warn, but because waiters are busy with his thing in the evening, fail to see off at once, and will be pressed on the desk for ever.
  晚上当接到第六次冰山警告时，却又因服务员忙于他事，没能马上送出，而被永久地压在桌上了。
• While Hanoi has set out plans for both port and power expansion, manufacturers and business groups warn that cautious Vietnamese authorities are under-estimating future growth and that the inevitable delays in getting projects off the ground will bring a crunch soon.
  尽管越南政府已经制定了港口和发电厂扩建计划，但制造商和商业集团警告称，行事谨慎的越南政府对未来增长预计不足，不可避免的项目动工拖延，很快会造成基础设施吃紧。
• Sometimes the seat-of-the-pants method still works: his gut reaction over Georgia-to warn Russia off immediately-was the right one.
  有时候他凭直觉的处事方式是正确的–他认为应当警告俄罗斯立即停止进驻格鲁吉亚，这点上他没犯错。
• If you could come over on a log to go to your funeral, you could have come over and give me a hint some way that you warn't dead, but only run off.
  你既然能够坐在大木头上来参加自己的葬礼，那你为什么就不能给我点暗示，说明你是出走而不是死了呢？