减少; 落下; 送下车; 不知不觉入睡
ph.
1. She dropped off during the sermon.
她在听布道时睡着了。
2. Please drop me off at the bank.
请让我在银行下车。
3. The business of the company was dropping off.
这家公司的生意日益清淡。
在出租车上
A：Good afternoon! Where to?
下午好！去哪儿？
B：Tian’anmen Square.
天安门广场。
A：You are going to Tian’anmen Square. No problem.
去天安门广场，没问题。
B：How long will it take? We are in a great hurry.
需多长时间？我们很急。
A：Around 20 minutes, but it all depends on the traffc.
大约20 分钟，但得看交通状况。
B：Hope there is no traffic jam.
希望没有交通堵塞。
A：By this time, it’s better. The rush hour is over.
这个时候没事，交通高峰已经过去了。
B：Could you drop us off on that corner?
您能让我们在那个角落里下车吗？
A：Sure thing. Here are we.
可以，我们到了。
B：How much do we owe you?
我们应给您多少钱？
A：Eight yuan twenty cents.
8 元2 角。
B：Here is ten yuan. Keep the change, please.
这是10 元，不用找了。
A：Thank you. Have a nice day.
谢谢，祝您今天愉快。
B：Thanks and you too.
谢谢，也祝您今天愉快。
1. 让(...)下车：do the laundry 洗衣服 | drop off 让...下车 | drop out of 退学,失学
2. 睡着;(让...)下车：drop by 顺便走访,非正式访问 | drop off 睡着;(让...)下车 | drop on 训斥,惩罚
3. 减少：drop by顺便来访 | drop off减少 | drop out 退出
1. -> see drop 9
2. 打瞌睡;睡着
If you drop off to sleep, you go to sleep.
e.g. I must have dropped off to sleep...
我肯定是睡着了。
e.g. Just as I was dropping off, a strange thought crossed my mind.
就在我打瞌睡的时候,一个奇怪的念头闪过我的脑海。
3. 减退;减少
If the level of something drops off, it becomes less.
e.g. Sales to the British forces are expected to drop off...
预计对英国军队的销售量会减少。
e.g. The daily toll of casualties has dropped off sharply.
每日伤亡人数已经大大减少。
1. The nearly 5 percent drop in the stock over the previous two sessions wiped off more than $ 9 billion in market capitalization.
2. Matsui was doubled off first base when shortstop Jimmy Rollins nearly let Robinson Cano's popup drop before catching it as his glove scraped the dirt.
3. Lampedusa is a tiny island that is closer to Africa than the European continent and a favorite drop off point for the people smugglers.
4. It will drop off a humanoid robot as well as an oversize closet full of space station supplies.
5. Considering the fallout of banks'rigid lending on corporate financing, investment growth will also drop off.
6. drop off的意思
6. Any dog owners who no longer want to keep their pets may drop them off at their local police station.
7. Any dog owners who no longer want to keep their pets may drop them off at the local police station.
8. And obviously there will be times I won't be able to drop them off at all.
9. drop off的解释
9. No, he had been told to drop us off at the park.
10. When they are finished, they drop it off at the nearest rental station and their deposit is returned.
verb
1. drop off
1. change from a waking to a sleeping state
e.g. he always falls asleep during lectures
Synonym: fall asleep dope off flake out drift off nod off doze off drowse off
2. fall or diminish
e.g. The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test
3. get worse
e.g. My grades are slipping
Synonym: slip drop away fall away
4. retreat
Synonym: fall back lose fall behind recede
5. leave or unload
e.g. unload the cargo
drop off the passengers at the hotel