| 释义 |
cut someone off 1. interrupt someone while they are speaking 打断（某人讲话）。 ■ interrupt someone during a telephone call by breaking the connection 挂断： I listened to pre-recorded messages for twenty-three minutes before being cut off. 我听了23分钟预先录制的话后电话就被挂断了。 2. prevent someone from receiving or being provided with something, especially power or water 停止, 切断供应（某物, 尤指电、水）： consumers cut off for non-payment. 由于欠费被断电断水的顾客。 3. reject someone as one's heir; disinherit someone 剥夺…继承权： Gabrielle's family cut her off without a penny. 加布丽埃勒的家族不让她继承一分钱。 4. prevent someone from having access to somewhere or someone; isolate someone from something they previously had connections with 使无法进入, 使无法接近; 使隔绝： we were cut off from reality. 我们被隔绝于现实之外。 |