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

• While Hanoi has set out plans for both port and power expansion, manufacturers and business groups warn that cautious Vietnamese authorities are under-estimating future growth and that the inevitable delays in getting projects off the ground will bring a crunch soon.
  尽管越南政府已经制定了港口和发电厂扩建计划，但制造商和商业集团警告称，行事谨慎的越南政府对未来增长预计不足，不可避免的项目动工拖延，很快会造成基础设施吃紧。
• 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。
• 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。
• The police warned the intruder off
  警察警告闯入者离开。
• When receiving the sixth iceberg to warn, but because waiters are busy with his thing in the evening, fail to see off at once, and will be pressed on the desk for ever.
  晚上当接到第六次冰山警告时，却又因服务员忙于他事，没能马上送出，而被永久地压在桌上了。
• The male waves his large claw every few seconds to warn other crab off his territory.
  雄性招潮蟹每隔数秒便会挥动它的大蟹钳，警告同类不可踏进它的领土。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。