零基础学英语：away&off辨析

Away和off都可以作副词，在与动词搭配使用时也有相近的含义。具体应该怎样区分这两个词汇呢?一起来看看吧~

Away 副词，表示离去、离开、在远处，可以表示离开的动作、也可以表示离开的状态。并且，away在表示离开的含义时，不强调到什么地方去。

Please take it away.

请把它拿走。

The bus stop is a few minutes' walk away.

公交车站距离这里五分钟徒步行程。

Off 副词，表示走开、断开、分离、放假的含义。表示从一个位置到另一个位置。

He was just about to drive off when the secretary came running out.

他正要开车离去，这时秘书跑了出来。

The rest of the men had the day off.

其余的人放假一天。

另外，off也可用作介词，表示“从……离开”、“位于……不远处”、脱落(折扣)。

Keep off the grass!

远离草坪!

I took the key for the room off a rack above her head.

我从她头顶上方的架子上拿下了该房间的钥匙。

The boat was anchored off the northern coast of the peninsula.

那只船停泊在了离半岛北海岸不远处。

40 per cent off all jackets this Saturday.

这个星期六所有上衣减价40%(打六折)。

用于 go,send,craw,drive,fly,hurry,move,ride,roll,rush,swim,walk等表示"移动"类的动词之后。off 与 away 可以通用,意义无较大区别。

At the next stop the man got off too and introduced himself.

在下一站那个男人也下了，并介绍了他自己。

He walked away from his car.

他从他的车旁走开了。

小练习：

He took his hand ____the desk.

She quickly looked ____and stared down at her hands.

答案：off，away