write off

phrasal verbphr v

a) ASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO somethingto write a letter to a company or organization asking them to send you goods or information 〔给公司或机构〕写信索取〔货品或资料〕，函索 SYN send off, write away

for

Are you going to write off for that free poster?

你准备写信索取那张免费海报吗？

b) write somebody/something ↔ offSTOP DOING something to decide that someone or something is useless, unimportant, or a failure 认为某人/某事无用[不重要，失败] SYN dismiss

write somebody/something ↔ off as

After six months of work, we eventually wrote the project off as a non-starter.

干了六个月以后，我们最终认定这个项目不可能取得成功。

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c) write something ↔ offBFOWE to officially say that a debt no longer has to be paid, or officially accept that you cannot get back money you have spent or lost 勾销，注销〔债款〕

The United States agreed to write off debts worth billions of dollars.

美国同意勾销数十亿美元的债务。

The Inland Revenue wrote off £900 million in unpaid taxes.

国内税务局勾销了九亿英镑的未付税款。

d) write something ↔ off to make an official record of the amount of money that you have spent on things relating to your business, in order to reduce the amount of tax that you have to pay 〔为减少税款而〕把〔某笔公司运营成本〕做进财务记录

write something ↔ off against

The costs of setting up a business can be written off against tax.

公司的创办费用可以抵扣税款。

e) write something ↔ off British EnglishBrETTCDESTROY to damage a vehicle so badly that it can never be used again 使〔车辆〕报废；毁掉

At thirteen he stole a car and wrote it off.

他13岁时偷过一辆汽车，然后把它弄报废了。

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Examples from the Corpus

write off• We'll never see that money again so we might as well write it off.• A number of the company's debts were written off even before they went bankrupt.• She wrote her mother's car off the first time she drove it.• European governments were persuaded to write off the republic's largest debts.• I wrote off to Friends of the Earth and they sent me some leaflets.• Write off today for your free Batman poster!

write for• If the answer is yes, ask your Guider to write off for more information.• I wrote off for some information about the college.• Volkov had been written off for the last five years.• Get your playgroup involved by writing off for the Playweek kit, which contains all kinds of money-making ideas.

write as• She would have written me off as a time-wasting nut.• He had written her off as a useless, lying bimbo.• Manville knew then that Hayman had been right in writing him off as a washed-up veteran.• My friends have written me off as dead.• Kersey would have written him off as harmless had it not been for his extreme wariness.• At first, I wrote these off as isolated incidents.• The fickle music press was delighted, cheer fully writing Adam off as one more whose career was over.• Consider those possibilities before writing the problem off as resistance.

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词汇	write off
释义	write off write off phrasal verbphr v a) ASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO somethingto write a letter to a company or organization asking them to send you goods or information 〔给公司或机构〕写信索取〔货品或资料〕，函索 SYN send off, write away for Are you going to write off for that free poster? 你准备写信索取那张免费海报吗？ b) write somebody/something ↔ offSTOP DOING something to decide that someone or something is useless, unimportant, or a failure 认为某人/某事无用[不重要，失败] SYN dismiss write somebody/something ↔ off as After six months of work, we eventually wrote the project off as a non-starter. 干了六个月以后，我们最终认定这个项目不可能取得成功。 → write-off c) write something ↔ offBFOWE to officially say that a debt no longer has to be paid, or officially accept that you cannot get back money you have spent or lost 勾销，注销〔债款〕 The United States agreed to write off debts worth billions of dollars. 美国同意勾销数十亿美元的债务。 The Inland Revenue wrote off £900 million in unpaid taxes. 国内税务局勾销了九亿英镑的未付税款。 d) write something ↔ off to make an official record of the amount of money that you have spent on things relating to your business, in order to reduce the amount of tax that you have to pay 〔为减少税款而〕把〔某笔公司运营成本〕做进财务记录 write something ↔ off against The costs of setting up a business can be written off against tax. 公司的创办费用可以抵扣税款。 e) write something ↔ off British EnglishBrETTCDESTROY to damage a vehicle so badly that it can never be used again 使〔车辆〕报废；毁掉 At thirteen he stole a car and wrote it off. 他13岁时偷过一辆汽车，然后把它弄报废了。 → write-off Examples from the Corpus write off• We'll never see that money again so we might as well write it off.• A number of the company's debts were written off even before they went bankrupt.• She wrote her mother's car off the first time she drove it.• European governments were persuaded to write off the republic's largest debts.• I wrote off to Friends of the Earth and they sent me some leaflets.• Write off today for your free Batman poster! write for• If the answer is yes, ask your Guider to write off for more information.• I wrote off for some information about the college.• Volkov had been written off for the last five years.• Get your playgroup involved by writing off for the Playweek kit, which contains all kinds of money-making ideas. write as• She would have written me off as a time-wasting nut.• He had written her off as a useless, lying bimbo.• Manville knew then that Hayman had been right in writing him off as a washed-up veteran.• My friends have written me off as dead.• Kersey would have written him off as harmless had it not been for his extreme wariness.• At first, I wrote these off as isolated incidents.• The fickle music press was delighted, cheer fully writing Adam off as one more whose career was over.• Consider those possibilities before writing the problem off as resistance. → write off at write(PHRASAL VERB)
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