单词 | sign-off |
释义 | sign-offor sign·off[ sahyn-awf, -of ] / ˈsaɪnˌɔf, -ˌɒf / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sign-off ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe act or fact of signing off. personal approval or authorization; endorsement. Origin of sign-offFirst recorded in 1925–30; noun use of verb phrase sign off Words nearby sign-offsigning, signiory, sign language, sign manual, sign of aggregation, sign-off, sign of the cross, sign of the zodiac, sign-on, sign one's own death warrant, sign on the dotted line Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sign-off
British Dictionary definitions for sign-offsign off verb (adverb)(intr) to announce the end of a radio or television programme, esp at the end of a day (intr) bridge to make a conventional bid indicating to one's partner that one wishes the bidding to stop (tr) to withdraw or retire from (an activity) (tr) (of a doctor) to declare (someone) unfit for work, because of illness (intr) British to terminate one's claim to unemployment benefit Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with sign-offsign off Announce the end of a communication, especially a broadcast. For example, There's no one there now; the station has signed off for the night. [c. 1920] Stop talking, become silent, as in Every time the subject of marriage came up, Harold signed off. [Colloquial; mid-1900s] Express approval formally or conclusively, as in The President got the majority leader to sign off on the tax proposal. This usage is colloquial. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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