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

• If you can't handle the application, you are not going to get through the course, which is very intense. We do want to scare off people who are not right for the programme.
  如果你对付不了申请表，就上不好课，而课程是很紧张的。我们确实想把不适于这门课的人吓走。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• The boys made enough noise to scare off any animals.
  男孩子们大叫大嚷，什么野兽都给吓跑了。
• Coming across as being needy is a quick way to scare off potential friends.
  以一个急切的方式去结识对方会很快地把潜在的朋友给吓跑。
• Don't get closer, or you will scare off those cute birds.
  不要再靠近了，不然你会把那些可爱的鸟给吓跑。
• The first choice is a simple alarm to scare off potential burglars and perhaps alert neighbors.
  第一份是安装最基本的警报系统建议，用途是当警钟触发后可将贼人吓退及警醒邻居。
• Entrepeneurs are afraid of doing it. They're worried they're going to scare off future investors.
  创业者们害怕这么做，可能会吓跑未来的投资者。