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

• 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。
• Design two different tasks to implement the communication of CAN Bus and Ethernet, specifically introduced how to divide tasks in multitask programming, set tasks priority, communication between tasks and event touch off.
  设计了两个独立运行的任务来完成CAN总线和以太网的双向数据通讯，详细介绍了在嵌入式多任务程序设计中任务的划分、任务优先级的设定、任务之间的通讯和事件驱动等主要内容。
• Some slight incident may touch off a major war.
  一件小事可以触发一场大战。
• The intention is to touch off the popular application of surface SH wave to industrial testing throughout the country and the development of new ultrasonic testing technique.
  希望对国内普及表面SH波工业检测、开辟超声新技术起启发作用。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• His shooting touch was off ( 3 of12), but Yi still found ways to contribute, including grabbing seven offensive rebounds.
  尽管命中率不高（12投3中），但他依然有办法为球队做出贡献，他抓下7个进攻篮板。
• Cookery writer Simon Hopkinson showed me how to make this dish, in what turned out to be a masterclass in the gentle touch needed to peel off the membranes and then prepare and cook the brains.
  烹饪作家西蒙•霍普金森（SimonHopkinson）向我展示了怎么做这道菜，剥除外面的薄膜然后处理烹制的过程需要非常细致的手法，这让整个展示过程变成了一次大师课程。