come offorcome off (something):to stop being attached to something脱离;脱落
When I tried to pick up the suitcase, the handle came off. = The handle came off the suitcase.当我试图提起箱子时,箱子把手脱落了。
2
:to produce a desired result:to succeed产生预期结果;成功
His plans to start his own business never came off.他的创业计划从未成功。
3
:to happen发生;举行
The meeting came off as scheduled. [=the meeting happened when it was scheduled to happen]会议如期举行。
4
:to do or perform well or badly表现(好或差)
She came off well in the contest.她在比赛中表现良好。
He came off badly/poorly in the debate.他在辩论中表现不佳。
5
:to seem to have a specified quality or character似乎具备(某种品质或特点)— usually + as
He's really just shy, but he comes off as a little arrogant. [=he seems a little arrogant]他其实只是害羞,但看起来像是有点傲慢。
He came off as a stuffy old man.他似乎是个古板的老人。
6
come off (something)
a US:to have recently completed or recovered from (something)(近期)完成,恢复
a company that is coming off a very successful year一年中取得很大成功的公司
an athlete who is coming off a serious injury从严重伤病中恢复过来的运动员
b :to have recently stopped using (an illegal drug)停止(吸毒)
an addict who is coming off heroin停吸海洛因的瘾君子
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US, informal — used in phrases like where do you come off? to express anger or annoyance at what someone has said or done你凭什么这样(说或做)?(用于where do you come off?等短语,表达对某人的愤怒或气恼)
Where do you come off talking to me like that? [=you have no right to talk to me like that; how dare you talk to me like that?]你竟敢那样跟我说话?
I don't know where he comes off making those kinds of accusations. [=he has no right to make those kinds of accusations]我不知道他凭什么提出那些指控。
couldn't believe that the wedding would actually come off—they've been “just dating” for years the attempted revival of the city's downtown never really came off, and even more stores eventually closed
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