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

• 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。
• 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。
• The police have put up signs to warn people off this area.
  警方已竖起了标示牌，告诫人们不要靠近这一地区。
• 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。
• 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。
• In the fall Jean put a yellow collar around Frankie's neck to warn off hunters.
  秋天时，琼给弗兰基套上个黄脖圈，告诫猎人不要猎杀它。
• They are notoriously shy around humans, beating their tails and chattering their teeth to try to warn us off before emitting loud whistles to tell other members of their colony to flee.
  众所周知，土拨鼠在人类面前很胆小。它们会敲打着尾巴，吱吱地磨着牙，以警告人类不要靠近。它们还会发出响亮的口哨以通知领域内的同胞逃离此处。
• 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。
• 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？
• The way things was scattered about we reckoned the people left in a hurry, and warn't fixed so as to carry off most of their stuff.
  从东西凌乱散了一地来看，我们估计，人家是匆匆忙忙离开的，没有来得及定下主意把哪些东西带走。