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－－－　開「on」、關「off」兩兄弟，會有什麼特別或是實用的英文用法呢？　－－－

🙏　off 

off （prep） 　從...移開　
Shoes off the cough

off （prep） 　下(交通工具)
Don't try to get on or off a moving train

➢　get off　下車、get on　上車

off （prep）    離（某地）不遠、在附近    If something is situated off a place such as a coast, room, or road, it is near to it or next to it, but not exactly in it
Lily lives in a condo just off Park Avenue

off （adv）     脫（衣服、首飾）  

➢　take off　脫掉衣服或首飾、put on　穿上衣服或首飾

off （adj）     表示不上班、休息    If you have time off or a particular day off, you do not go to work or school, for example because you are ill or it is a day when you do not usually work
I’m off next week

off （adv）    表示取消    if something such as an agreement or a sporting event is off, it is cancelled
Tell her the whole thing is（called）off 

off      不再喜歡、失去興趣      If you are off something, you have stopped liking it
I'm off coffee at the moment

off（adv）   關掉 (機器)
Turn the light off before you leave

➢　turn off　關掉機器、turn on　打開機器

off 　表示折扣　
You got $20 off your first purchase

off（adv）　空間（遠）  If something is a long way off , it is a long distance away from you 
Florida was a long way off

➢　a long way off　距離很遠

off（adv）　時間（久）　If something is a long time off , it will not happen for a long time 
The required technology is probably still two years off

➢　a long time off　距離很久

片語、俚語

off-season（n）　 淡季　 a period of the year when there is less activity in business
We tend to go skiing during the off-season because it's cheaper

off the hook    解脫（不再有義務或負擔）  
I am off the hook now　➡　可以用在情侶之間，表示暫時不需要陪伴的個人時間
He counted on his friends to get him off the hook

✔　count on　仰望

on and off 　 斷斷續續 　If something happens on and off, or off and on, it happens occasionally, or only for part of a period of time, not in a regular or continuous way
My girlfriend and I have been on and off，on and off several times
It rained on and off all day

off-color jokes = blue jokes = dirty jokes 　黃色笑話　Off-colour remarks or jokes about sex and are slightly shocking
Don’t tell off-color jokes

talk ear off    一直講一直講...    to talk to someone endlessly
My aunt always talks my ear off when she comes to visit

🙌　on

hang on    稍等   
Can you hang on for a minute?

on one's way     在...的路途上　In the process of coming, going, or traveling
I'm on my way out
I'll go to the supermarket on my way home

➢　I’m on my way       我已經在路上了      

something is on someone 　請客　 
The dinner is on me

on plate  　to have a lot of work to do or a lot of problems to deal with
I've got enough on my plate

➢　have sth. on plate   表示很多事情要忙

take out on someone 　　出氣 　if you take something out on someone, you behave in an unpleasant way towards them because you feel angry or upset, even though this is not their fault
I know you've had a bad day，but there's no need to take it out on me

on one's own 　靠自己　
You're on your own now