VOA慢速英语:Words That Are Their Own Opposites

短语讲解：

1. If you turn off a device or light, you deactivate it. But if you say a device went off, you mean it was activated.

turn off （把…）关掉; 完成
例句：Could you please turn off the car radio?
请你把车上的收音机关掉行么？

2. Turn it off before it wakes up the whole neighborhood!

make up 组成; 补足
例句：Her beauty can't make up for her stupidity.
她的美丽不能弥补她的愚蠢。

3. The guys were left in the kitchen to clean up.

clean up 打扫; <口>赚钱; 整顿; 痛打
例句：He did all he could to clean up on his opponents.
他想方设法要击败他的对手。

4. But when the film shows a violent image, you hold your hands over the children’s eyes and screen their view.

hand over 交出;交付;交给
例句：She got them to hand over all their money by a wicked deceit.
她用卑鄙的手段使他们把所有的钱移交给她。