| 词汇 | fight somebody/something ↔ off |
| 释义 | fight somebody/something ↔ offfight somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v a) VIOLENTto keep someone away, or stop them doing something to you, by fighting or opposing them 抵挡；阻止 Bodyguards had to fight off the crowds. 保镖不得不挡住人群。 The company managed to fight off a takeover attempt. 该公司设法阻止了一次收购企图。 b) to succeed in stopping other people getting something, and to get it for yourself 击退 Allan fought off stiff competition from throughout the UK to win one of only four places at the college. 艾伦在全英国的激烈竞争中胜出，在那所学院仅有的四个名额中赢得一席。 c) GET RID OFto try hard to get rid of something, especially an illness or a feeling 竭力摆脱〔尤指某种疾病或感觉〕 Elaine’s fighting off a cold. 伊莱恩正在和感冒斗争。 Examples from the Corpus fight off• Did you know that? fight him off.• I've had to fight him off.• Still, it looms as a perverse temptation, and Blue must struggle with himself for some time before fighting it off.• This fight-or - flight response may have helped our ancestors gear up and either get away from danger or fight it off.• Rest of the cast fought him off but the tenor got cut about quite badly and had to go to hospital.• When Foreman hurt his eye in training camp, the fight was put off for five weeks.• I tried to fight it off, of course.• She would never be able to fight him off physically. → fight somebody/something ↔ off at fight1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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