| 词汇 | touch something ↔ off |
| 释义 | touch something ↔ offtouch something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v START something/MAKE something STARTto cause a difficult situation or violent events to begin 使产生〔困境〕；引发〔暴力事件〕 It was these national rivalries that eventually touched off the First World War. 正是国家之间的这些敌对行为最终引发了第一次世界大战。 Examples from the Corpus touch off• But this was just a shrewd touch that came off.• An incident with a couple of heavy-handed cops touched it off, and the riot was on. → touch something ↔ off at touch1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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