touch off

英 [tʌtʃ ɒf]

美 [tʌtʃ ɔːf]

引发; 触发; 引起

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 引发;触发;引起
  If somethingtouches offa situation or series of events, it causes it to start happening.
  1. Is the massacre likely to touch off a new round of violence?
     大屠杀有可能触发新一轮的暴行吗？

英英释义

verb

• put in motion or move to act
  1. trigger a reaction
  2. actuate the circuits
  Synonym:tripactuatetriggeractivateset offspark offsparktrigger off

双语例句

• This explosive needs to be handled very carefully; the slightest jolt will touch it off.
  摆弄这种炸药要非常当心，稍有震摇就会使它爆炸。
• The core country which has agglomeration can levy an appropriate agglomeration rents on firms. It will not touch off outflow of capital to peripheral country.
  有经济集聚的核心国可以凭借经济集聚对所在企业征收一个适当的集聚租金，同时不会触发资本外流到外围国。
• All the boxes fell down, and the King who wanted to touch the moon fell off the high tower and died.
  所有的木箱散落一地，而这个想摸月亮的国王也从高处跌下来摔死了。
• For BTA cross zero touch off, sine wave which is exported is integrity.
  由于双向可控硅过零触发，所以其输出是不失真的完整正弦波；
• Therefore, tragedies, on the one hand, offer outlet for catharsis of peoples emotion and purification of the soul, and on the other hand, touch off peoples strong sense of life-force.
  故悲剧一方面能宣泄人的情绪，净化人的心灵，另一方面能触发人强烈的生命力感。
• This financing way can not relieve the financing difficulty as much as expected, and from a long-term point of view, these nongovernmental banking institutions, without necessary legal guarantee, will easily touch off serious social issues.
  这种融资方式虽然在一定程度上对小微企业融资难起到了缓解作用，但是从长远来看，民间的这种非正规金融机构因缺乏必要的法律保障非常容易引发严重的社会问题。
• Some slight incident may touch off a major war.
  一件小事可以触发一场大战。
• Although the capitalist world system is in powerful position all along, its decline is inevitable, and probably will touch off big upheaval.
  虽然资本主义世界体系一直处于强势地位，但其衰落势所必然，并有可能引发大的动乱。
• The software timely touch off thyristor and control thyristor trigger angle in controllable scope. Consequently the soft starter is better reliability, stability and veracity.
  全数字电子软起动器的软件部分主要是如何根据需要准确及时的触发晶闸管，把晶闸管的触发角控制在可控的范围内，从而提高了软起动器的可靠性、稳定性和准确性。
• With the development of the project item instruction, it plays more and more important role in the national economy. But lots of poverty risk from countryside resettles occur which easy touch off serious economical social and political issues.
  工程项目建设的不断发展，对国民经济日益章显出前所未有的重要性，但与此同时产生了大量面临贫困风险的农村移民，极易引发严重的经济、社会和政治问题。