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

• The recall isn't enough to scare off Charles Mettler, who ordered an eggs Benedict on Tuesday when he stopped by Drake Diner's in Des Moines, Iowa.
  召回不足使查尔斯梅特勒被吓倒，当他停留在衣阿华得梅因的德克士餐馆时，他在星期二点了火腿蛋松饼。
• 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！
• You want to scare off my staffs?
  你想吓死我的伙计吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• The uncertainties over supplies into Crimea as well as political instability will scare off tourists, 70% of whom were from Ukraine last year.
  水电气等民生物资供应的不确定性以及政局的不稳定将吓跑游客，去年赴克里米亚旅游的游客有70%来自乌克兰。
• Yet east London also needs better schools; the current crop scare off some of the young, ambitious families that the area needs, while those who choose to stay deserve better.
  伦敦东区也需要更好的学校。现状已经吓跑了一些年轻有为的家庭&这个地区需要这样的家庭，而那些留下来的家庭也应得更好的学校。
• 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。
• Baby tiger at this stage will instinctively bare its teeth, tighten its nose and bark to scare off invaders.
  此时的小虎只会本能地紧鼻龇牙，面露凶相，并以尖声的吼叫吓退来犯者。
• 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。