warn off

英 [wɔːn ɒf]

美 [wɔːrn ɔːf]

警告…离开; 告诫…停止做…

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 警告(…)离开;告诫(…)停止(做…)
  If youwarnsomeoneoff, you tell them to go away or to stop doing something because of possible danger or punishment.
  1. The police warned the intruder off...
     警察警告闯入者离开。
  2. He pressed for a full investigation, but was warned off...
     他迫切要求展开全面调查，但是被叫停。
  3. He spends his spare time visiting schools to warn pupils off drugs.
     他用自己的业余时间访问学校，告诫小学生远离毒品。

双语例句

• The police have put up signs to warn people off this area.
  警方已竖起了标示牌，告诫人们不要靠近这一地区。
• When a territorial animal or bird intrudes on the territory of another creature of the same species, the latter will only perform some hostile gestures to warn off the intruder.
  当地盘性的动物或鸟类侵入别的同类动物的领地时，后者只会做一些表示敌意的姿态以吓跑入侵者。
• As a bonus, they may also warn off would-be thieves, who are sure to run screaming when they see your good taste in phone accessories.
  作为奖励，他们可能还警告过想成为小偷，谁是一定要运行尖叫当他们看到在手机配件您的好品味。
• He spends his spare time visiting schools to warn pupils off drugs.
  他用自己的业余时间访问学校，告诫小学生远离毒品。
• For example, a digital wrapper around a demo version of a product could warn the user that there are only a few more uses of the software left before it shuts off.
  例如，包在一个产品演示版外的数字包装器可以警告用户，软件再用几次就要关闭了。
• They are notoriously shy around humans, beating their tails and chattering their teeth to try to warn us off before emitting loud whistles to tell other members of their colony to flee.
  众所周知，土拨鼠在人类面前很胆小。它们会敲打着尾巴，吱吱地磨着牙，以警告人类不要靠近。它们还会发出响亮的口哨以通知领域内的同胞逃离此处。
• He pressed for a full investigation, but was warned off
  他迫切要求展开全面调查，但是被叫停。
• Sometimes the seat-of-the-pants method still works: his gut reaction over Georgia-to warn Russia off immediately-was the right one.
  有时候他凭直觉的处事方式是正确的–他认为应当警告俄罗斯立即停止进驻格鲁吉亚，这点上他没犯错。
• A study in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B finds that pigeon wing-flapping produces distinct whistles, which can warn flock-mates, when merely taking off or when actively escaping predators.
  发表在《英国皇家学会学报B》杂志上的一项研究发现，鸽子震动翅膀的时候能产生特别的呼啸声，这可以用于警告它的同伴什么时候仅仅是起飞或者什么时候逃离它们的敌人。
• The police warned the intruder off
  警察警告闯入者离开。