| 单词 | to sign off on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sign off on 6. intransitive. Originally U.S. to sign off on: to assent or give one's approval to, by or as if by signing an agreement. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assent > [verb (transitive)] > to statement, opinion, or proposal assentc1380 condescend1548 to sign off on1930 1930 N.Y. Times 29 Nov. 15/3 Princeton has signed off on graduate coaching for baseball. 1973 New Yorker 19 May 90/2 The military bureaucracy, most notably the Joint Chiefs of Staff, would have to ‘sign off’ on (Washington jargon for ‘approve’) the American proposal. 1999 Wallpaper Nov. 235/2 At that stage there were still 50,000 hoops I'd have to jump through before they'd sign off on it. 2001 High Country News 12 Feb. 6/1 The federal government signed off on the construction of a 14-mile highway along Utah's Wasatch Front in early January. < as lemmas |
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