| 单词 | away |
| 释义 | away (əweɪ ) Away is often used with verbs of movement, such as 'go' and 'drive', and also in phrasal verbs such as 'do away with' and 'fade away'. 1. adverb [ADVERB after verb, be ADVERB] A2 If someone or something moves or is moved away from a place, they move or are moved so that they are no longer there. If you are away from a place, you are not in the place where people expect you to be. An injured police officer was led away by colleagues. He walked away from his car. She drove away before either of them could speak again. Jason was away on a business trip. Simon had been away a good deal lately. Synonyms: off, elsewhere, abroad, hence 2. adverb [ADVERB after verb] A2 If you look or turn away from something, you move your head so that you are no longer looking at it. She quickly looked away and stared down at her hands. As he stands up, he turns his face away from her so that she won't see his tears. 3. adverb [ADVERB after verb] B1 If you put or tidy something away, you put it where it should be. If you hide someone or something away, you put them in a place where nobody can see them or find them. I put my journal away and prepared for bed. All her letters were carefully filed away in folders. I have $100m hidden away where no one will ever find it. Synonyms: aside, out of the way, to one side 4. away from sb/sth phrase A2 If something is away from a person or place, it is at a distance from that person or place. The two women were sitting as far away from each other as possible. I was anxious to get him here, away from family and friends. ...a country estate thirty miles away from town. 5. adverb B1+ You use away to talk about future events. For example, if an event is a week away, it will happen after a week. ...the Washington summit, now only just over two weeks away. Peace it seemed might at last be no more than a few months away. 6. adverb [ADVERB after verb] When a sports team plays away, it plays on its opponents' ground. ...a sensational 4-3 victory for the team playing away. Away is also an adjective. Charlton are about to play an important away match. 7. adverb [ADVERB after verb] B2 You can use away to say that something slowly disappears, becomes less significant, or changes so that it is no longer the same. So much snow has already melted away. His voice died away in a whisper. Once they took office that source of support fell away. 8. adverb [ADVERB after verb, noun ADVERB] B2 You use away to show that there has been a change or development from one state or situation to another. British courts are increasingly moving away from sending young offenders to prison. There's been a dramatic shift away from traditional careers towards business and commerce. 9. adverb [ADVERB after verb] You can use away to emphasize a continuous or repeated action. [emphasis] He would often be working away on his computer late into the night. She sighed, her heart banging away against her ribs as she opened the door. Synonyms: continuously, repeatedly, relentlessly, incessantly 10. adverb [ADVERB after verb] B1 You use away to show that something is removed. If you take my work away I can't be happy anymore. The waitress whipped the plate away and put down my bill. Weeks of heavy rain have washed away roads and bridges. 11. far and away phrase You use the expression far and away when you are comparing something or someone with others of the same kind, in order to emphasize how great the difference is between them. For example, you can say that something is far and away the best to indicate that it is definitely the best. [emphasis] He's still far and away the best we have. 12. right away phrase B2 If you do something right away or right off, you do it immediately. [informal, emphasis] He wants to see you right away. I knew right away she was dead. Right off I want to confess that I was wrong. Idioms: give with one hand and take away with the other to help someone in one way, but also do something which has the opposite effect, for example harming them or preventing them from achieving what they want My parents were very supportive, but they gave with one hand and took away with the other, because I never really learned to be independent. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers give the game away to reveal something which someone had been trying to keep secret Johnson had intended to make his announcement in a forthcoming feature in The Times but the paper gave the game away. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers send someone away with a flea in their ear [British] to angrily reject someone's suggestions or attempts to do something I was prepared to be met with hostility as another nosy outsider, even to be sent away with a flea in my ear. But Moira was happy to chat. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers be away with the fairies to behave in a strange way that seems to be out of touch with reality She acts in a style that makes her seem slightly away with the fairies. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers blow away the cobwebs to make you feel more alert and lively, when you have previously felt tired or dull We have a cottage in the Cotswolds, and getting back there after a few days in London really blows the cobwebs away. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers take your breath away to amaze and impress you `Tell me again about the picture.' `It's beautiful. It's so beautiful it takes your breath away.' Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers miles away thinking deeply about something, and not paying attention to what is happening around you Her mother was pacing up and down and seemed miles away. She hadn't noticed them at all. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers get away with murder to be able to do whatever you like without anyone trying to control, punish, or criticize you His charm and the fact that he is so likeable often allows him to get away with murder. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: burn away In the sky to the left of the monarch's head paint appeared to have been burnt away. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Reshaping through laser surgery normally involves burning away selected sections of the outer eyeball. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The mould is heated, the wax burnt away and replaced with liquid gold. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Bedtime is pretty early and we'll chat away until we call it a day. Times, Sunday Times (2006) They can chat away about things that would tax my patience. Times, Sunday Times (2006) In a toy kitchen a diminutive cook is piling plastic biscuits into a bowl, chatting away merrily to anyone within earshot. Times, Sunday Times (2008) I chat away, only to be met with monosyllabic answers. Times, Sunday Times (2013) While their young choreographer has an anxiety attack over the seeming lack of progress, they just keep on dancing, chatting away and having a wonderful time. Times, Sunday Times (2009) We could just chatter away endlessly. Times, Sunday Times (2015) There was no need; she was chattering away. Wives and Daughters (1864) They often feed in flocks, and when they are disturbed they go chattering away delightfully in a dark cloud across the sky. Times, Sunday Times (2006) I looked at the bird chattering away, looking at my mother. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Within 20 minutes, she is chattering away. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Free helplines, legal advice and support are a mere call or click away. Times, Sunday Times Internet dating, where the perfect one may be just a click away, renders the human one you already have worthless. Times, Sunday Times One click away from a five-star billing but forever to find the truth. The Sun With a web connection and a laptop, tablet or smartphone, you're a click away from a stronger body. Times, Sunday Times The same types of resources are, as the saying goes, only a click away. Christianity Today Under this worst-case scenario, a 'negative feedback loop' builds up as falling prices drain away the economic lifeblood of demand. Times, Sunday Times Sometimes you need only make a gateway or a break in a solid fence for the cold to drain away. Times, Sunday Times The light treatments claim to stimulate the capillaries to drain away the excess blood that causes the post-blush flush. Times, Sunday Times But if it were in the cavity, it would drain away. The Sun Tip into a sieve again and let all the liquid drain away. Times, Sunday Times Let's leave it to her" And concurring for once, they drifted away. SPLITTING You grasp at it, only for it to dissolve or drift away. Times, Sunday Times (2016) If they don't learn lessons and have humility to adapt they will drift away. Times, Sunday Times (2016) You turn the key and float away on that magnificent hydropneumatic suspension. Times, Sunday Times (2016) If they had not picked her up in that boat she would have been floating away downstream. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Open your heart to let negative thoughts float away and a new phase can begin. The Sun (2016) Top off the baskets with washed gravel to stop the aquatic compost floating away. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Food, clothes, money, wheels, raincoat: in the event of a disaster, he could easily float away to higher ground. BARN BLIND (1994) They can fly away if caught in a tight corner. The Times Literary Supplement (2018) My bird, only passingly beloved, flew away downwind with a dismaying swiftness that was magnificent enough. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Legend has it that if the birds were to fly away, the city would cease to exist. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The white part is quite conspicuous when the bird is flying away from you. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Annie watched the bluebird fly away and then followed the path of a squirrel in the same tree. NOBODY'S BABY BUT MINE (1997) A group of twentysomethings grind away to chart music. Times, Sunday Times It's not a well-off area, so you have this attitude that you grind away and get roughed up but come out stronger. Times, Sunday Times I just think life started to grind away at him. Times, Sunday Times I kind of just grind away. Times, Sunday Times True, their salaries are lower than those on fast-track grad schemes that grind away at every hour, but their lives seem, at least to me, to be more rewarding. Times, Sunday Times As you travel east through low-lying salt marshes now lacerated with motorways, the coast is hidden away behind dishevelled ribbon developments. Times, Sunday Times (2006) We've stopped at this particular place not for the green ants, but to see the rock art hidden away at the highest point. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Many of its source documents are publicly available, albeit often hidden away in oral history projects or library sections marked 'revisionist'. The Times Literary Supplement (2018) But it turns out to be as hidden away as the instruction book that caused the problem in the first place. Times, Sunday Times (2017) But, hidden away inside, the edamame is the really special bit. Times, Sunday Times (2010) We surrendered the cameras and hurried away. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Then she hurried away with her lover. Fairy Tales (1812) The next day, the same man saw him again, and hurried away. Times, Sunday Times (2015) He looked at me a moment, nodded, and hurried away. The Other Side of Me I made a note of the house number and hurried away as best I could. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It also left behind a vast quantity of paper: hundreds of thousands of wireless messages that were decoded, translated, then packed away. Times, Sunday Times (2010) So pack away the hoodies and jackets, it's time to flaunt your body in strappy sports gear. The Sun (2011) This allows the brain to go offline and pack away that day's information. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Inside, he found Dr Stimpson in the front room with Mary Nolan, packing away his ophthalmoscope after finishing his examination. GRACE (2002) When all the angst is packed away. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Or would have done, if the thing hadn't peeled away from the wall and deposited me into the neighbour's trashcan. Times, Sunday Times (2009) I peel away the weed, slip out the barbless hook and look at him. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It looks as if the surface coating is peeling away in places. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Then carefully peel away the skin and slice or dice the avocado and add to the salad. The Sun (2013) I defy anyone to push away orphans who want to hold their hand, whatever the rules of the ebola era. Times, Sunday Times I remember feeling that it was very important to keep talking - and push away that hand. The Sun Some push away those they love or anyone connected with the person they have lost. The Sun We have to pick ourselves up and start picking up points fast to push away from the relegation zone. The Sun Far above, in a darkened control room, the robot's operator squeezed his eyes shut to push away the fatigue. Times, Sunday Times I jump, stunned by the cement weight of my body, which threatens to rip away from my shoulders and leave my limbs behind on the bar. Smithsonian Mag The first task was to rip away the partitions and false ceilings to reveal rooms that needed replastering and the cornicing repairing. Times, Sunday Times They rip away the outer tissue, and the workers eat from the holes the larvae make. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The trio ripped away the red tape from the miniature house in a comic picture opportunity to start their campaign. Times, Sunday Times The panel in question appears to have been ripped away cleanly by the passage of the wind over the skin of the aircraft. Times, Sunday Times At the breakdown, they are under instruction to make the tackler roll away and the tackled player release the ball. Times, Sunday Times Get the tackler to roll away, the tackled player cannot roll over with the ball, and so on. Times,Sunday Times Short's failure to roll away after his tackle on - who else? Times, Sunday Times How much time will he give tacklers to roll away? Times, Sunday Times He had gone into one of the carriages when the train started to roll away. The Sun Transfixed, he saw it ' elevate its abdomen, send forth a thread, and then sail away'. Times, Sunday Times (2015) A witness said:'The police and coastguard were on the jetty and they could only watch the boat sail away. The Sun (2016) All reasonableness, Dr Barbara explained: `If you haven't any food you'll have to sail away. RUSHING TO PARADISE They opted to deactivate the cover-spell and use their talent to shoo away the bugs. IRONCROWN MOON: PART TWO OF THE BOREAL MOON TALE (2002) It could have been someone clapping, a single clap to shoo away a bird. SNOWLINE (2002) The ski patrol had left a man there and he was busily trying to shoo away the sightseers who were crowding in. SNOWJOB (2002) The feathered reptile lowered its coxcomb as she crossed the ground, and slunk away, disappearing into a crack between two boulders. COLDHEART CANYON (2001) It released Frank and slunk away, looking dejected, its long red tongue hanging out of its dribbling mouth. DESPERADOES You have to acknowledge the trap, tip the wink to the interviewer and then slink away. Times, Sunday Times (2009) As the jibes and rock buns fly, his lordship edges to the exit, 'feeling like some old aristocrat sneaking away from the tumbril'. The Times Literary Supplement (2016) Just like Amber used to do, I thought, twenty-odd years ago, when she was sneaking away from Martin Parish to meet me on the sly. SUMMER OF FEAR (2003) He sat uncomfortably in isolation surrounded by empty seats and had to be sneaked away from the ground. The Sun (2008) We complied quickly and nervously before watching our muggers speed away. Times, Sunday Times However, when they are disturbed they form a very tight-knit flock - often 30 or 40 of them - and speed away across the sea as though a single unit. Times, Sunday Times I'm picked up from the resort's private beach and whisked through the waves, the salt spray giving me a cooling wake-up call as we speed away. The Sun So, did the shares speed away on all that? Times, Sunday Times When they emerge, they look like large swallows as they speed away over the water. Times, Sunday Times People in this age group will be at or near their peak earning power and should be able to stash away more money. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Anything small enough to fit into a pocket or handbag should be stashed away until they leave. Times, Sunday Times (2015) He is proud of having stashed away a lot of money in foreign banks. Times, Sunday Times (2007) How many bottles of champagne does he have stashed away? Times, Sunday Times (2006) Lenders are expected to stash away profits over the coming years to build up their capital reserves. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Her eyes sparkled, almost coquettishly as she tossed her head and turned, striding away from him into the darkness. HIDING FROM THE LIGHT Lillian got quickly out, taking her bouquet of daisies and Indian paintbrush with her, and strode away from the car. AFFLICTION (1990) She lowered her head as Rebecca slapped Rakewell's face, then strode away from him in her direction. THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY (2002) Predictable, remorseless success would sweep away all challenge. Times, Sunday Times When life deals the most unfair hand, terrible things happen at random to lovely people, or natural disasters sweep away thousands. Times, Sunday Times In a major speech, he will declare plans to sweep away 'clapped out rules that make no sense for modern families in a modern economy'. The Sun But come evening, when you need to sweep away the day's grime, only an electrical device can offer that deep, glow-boosting cleanse. The Sun The goal justifies everything, and will sweep away everything in its way. Times, Sunday Times The caretaker will be swept away by a new broom. The Sun (2015) Prepare to be swept away (geddit?). The Sun (2017) The former Victorian workhouse in which my grandparents died has since been bulldozed, but its appalling bad practice still needs to be swept away. Times, Sunday Times (2011) He let himself be swept away by the ecstasy of pure computation. THE BROKEN GOD Soon it became obvious that it was all a good deal less easy to wave away. Times, Sunday Times Even then, nine times out of ten the referee would wave away the claim, often using the lost limb to do so. Times, Sunday Times It's involving and amusing, but doesn't entirely wave away the whiff of indulgence. Times, Sunday Times But then, very quickly, the wanting vanished and it became a reflex not to pick up the bread basket, to hold the fries, to wave away the cake. Times, Sunday Times The referee and, just as blameworthy, his assistant wave away penalty appeals. The Sun Then use a gel cleanser to whisk away any grime. The Sun (2014) A large contingent of police was deployed at the terminal and the players were whisked away to a waiting car at a back door. Times, Sunday Times (2010) After the ceremony lucky guests will be Sailing as they are whisked away to party on a luxury yacht away from prying eyes. The Sun (2007) But they were left behind while he was whisked away to hospital. The Sun (2016) Translations: Chinese: 在远处, 在适当的地方 Japanese: 離れて, しまって |
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