校园英语口语习惯用语 第184期:leave off

leave off 停止做某事

【讲解】

此语意指stop doing something,例如:It’s time to leave off work.(是歇工的时候了。)引申指“不再做(或用、穿），戒除（习惯）”,例如：It had stopped raining, so we left off raincoats.(雨停了, _因而我们脱了雨衣。) Theywouldnot leave off their wild habits. (他们不愿改掉野蛮的习愤。）此语亦用作leave off doing something。

【对话】

A:Where did we leave off last time?
A:上次我们学到哪儿了？
B:We cut this class together, don't you forget?
B:我和你一起旷的课，你忘了？
A:Oh, but who knows?
A:噢，那谁知道？
B:Jane?
B:简？
C:We finished the third paragraph of the text.
C:我们上完了文章的第三段。
A:Jane, thanks. Do you think the teacher will have a quiz as usual?
A:谢谢简，你说老师会像往常那样小考一下吗？
C:Perhaps he will.
C:可能会。