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

• 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 way things was scattered about we reckoned the people left in a hurry, and warn't fixed so as to carry off most of their stuff.
  从东西凌乱散了一地来看，我们估计，人家是匆匆忙忙离开的，没有来得及定下主意把哪些东西带走。
• 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。
• You may be desperate to land that job but if your inner vibes warn you that something is amiss, back off.
  可能你十分想得到这个工作，但如果感觉告诉你这个工作不适合，那就另寻机会吧。
• 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。
• If you could come over on a log to go to your funeral, you could have come over and give me a hint some way that you warn't dead, but only run off.
  你既然能够坐在大木头上来参加自己的葬礼，那你为什么就不能给我点暗示，说明你是出走而不是死了呢？
• The police warned the intruder off
  警察警告闯入者离开。
• Some manufacturers warn against taking off the cap when the engine is hot and pressure in the cooling system is high.
  某些制造厂商反对在发动机处于热态以及冷却系内压力依然较高时打开水箱盖。
• 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。