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

• 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！
• Vitamin B does not scare off mosquitoes.
  维他命B并不能吓走蚊子。
• But his generous offer was high enough to scare off potential private-equity bidders.
  但是他慷慨的出价高的足以吓退那些潜在的私募股权投资家们。
• Fears of insider trading and weak corporate governance, however, could scare off foreign bargain hunters.
  然而，内幕交易和薄弱的公司治理引发的担忧，可能会令打算买便宜货的外国投资者望而却步。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• He was the only one who could put the shadows away and scare off the wardrobe monster.
  他是唯一能抹去阴影，并吓走衣柜里怪物的人。
• I figured somebody was trying to scare off the workers.
  我想是有人想把这些工人吓走。
• The ruling could scare off other foreign investors by sending a message to activist funds that companies can discriminate against unwelcome shareholders.
  此项裁决可能会吓跑其他外国投资者，因为它向激进的基金传递了这样一个信号：公司可能会区别对待不受欢迎的股东。