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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The police warned the intruder off
  警察警告闯入者离开。
• 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。