| 词汇 | turn away |
| 释义 | turn awayturn away phrasal verbphr v a) turn somebody ↔ awayENTER to refuse to let someone enter a place or join an organization, for example because it is full 〔因满员等〕不让某人进入；不让某人加入〔组织〕 The show was so popular police had to turn people away. 演出过于火爆，警察只能把人们打发走。 Thousands of applicants are turned away each year. 每年都有几千名申请者被拒。 b) turn somebody ↔ awayIGNORE to refuse to give someone sympathy, help, or support 拒绝某人 Anyone who comes to us will not be turned away. 不管谁来找我们，都不会遭到拒绝的。 The insurance company has promised not to turn away its existing customers. 保险公司承诺说不会对其现有的客户置之不理。 c) turn (somebody) away from somebody/something to stop supporting someone, or stop using or being interested in something, or to make someone do this （使某人）停止支持某人；（使某人）停止使用某物，（使某人）不再对某人/某物感兴趣 Consumers are turning away from credit cards. 消费者对信用卡逐渐失去了兴趣。 events that turned Henry away from his family 使亨利疏远家人的一些事 Examples from the Corpus turn away• The scene was so sickening I had to turn away.• However, the children arrived on September 3 and were turned away.• Of course, alone I would have been turned away.• Hundreds of disappointed fans were turned away at the gates.• The club's so popular, we have to turn people away every night.• She frowned and turned away from him without speaking.• A number of vessels were turned away in the following days.• Alice turned away with tears in her eyes. turn (somebody) away from somebody/something• I turn slightly away from her and count the balance of Haysoos's bills.• He knew exactly what he wanted and he had no intention of having anybody turn him away from his big ideals.• Maxine says, turning her attention away from me.• Instead he slowed down even more and turned farther away from our course.• What could have poisoned past happiness and turned its course away from our future?• Frustration mounting, attention turned toward altercations away from the play.• We will not let our anger turn us away from the pursuit of peace in the Middle East.• I turned abruptly away from them, but I was now very low, heading for a stand of trees. → turn away at turn1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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