1, be off关掉，关闭，下班,请假，离开，出发
be off一般多用于表示动作。如：
I must be off soon.
我必须很快离开这里。
The electric will be off tomorrow.
明天停电。
Well, I’d better be off. Good day to you.
好啦，我得走了，再见。
I aim to be off the lake before dawn, so let’s get moving
我计划黎明前从湖畔出发，大家马上行动起来吧。
Whoops, it’s past 11, I’d better be off home.
哎呀，11点多了，我最好还是回家吧。
He said he was off to the beach and would we care to join him.
他说他要去海滩，问我们愿不愿和他一块儿去。
I had just enough time to finish eating before the bell rang and I was off to my first class
我刚吃完饭铃声就响了，于是我赶去上第一堂课。
She was off again. Last year she had been to Kenya. This year it was Goa
她又走了，去年去了肯尼亚，今年则是果阿。
The starting gun blasted and they were off.发令枪响了，他们冲了出去。
以上4例摘自《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
Bill and I were off to China for a state visit.
比尔和我出发到中国进行国事访问。(希拉里《亲历历史》)
I’m off to Europe on Monday.我星期一动身去欧洲。
Be off with you!走开（滚开）!
She is off today.她今天休息（不上班）.
As he pulled into the driveway, he saw her bedroom light was off
当他把车开进车道时，他看到她卧室的灯已经熄了。
Peter has been off sick for two weeks.
彼得因病两周没上班了。
The average Swede was off sick 27 days last year.
去年瑞典人平均休病假27天。
She’s been off work because of sickness.
她因病没有上班。
He’s been off work with a slipped disc.
他因椎间盘突出一直未上班。
2.be away离开（指离开后的状态，不在某个地方了），不在家或某个地方，例如：
I will be away on holiday for two weeks.
我会外出度假两星期。
I’m going to be away next week so you’ll have the office to yourself.
我下周要出差，所以这个办公室就归你一个人使用了。
She was away from work for a week.
她有一个星期没来上班。
He took the liberty of reading my files while I was away.
他趁我不在时擅自看我的文件。
When my parents were away, my grandmother would take care of me.
我父母外出的时候，总是祖母照看我。
Her mother was away and couldn’t advise her.
她的母亲不在身边，无法向她提出劝告。
They reasoned, correctly, that she was away for the weekend.
他们的推断没错，她出去度周末了。
She will be away for the indefinite future.
她将离开一段时间，期限不定。
I hear you’ve been away this weekend.
我听说你这个周末外出了。
Will you be away for long?
你要离开很久吗？
以上10例摘自《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
He asked whom I’d told about his having been away
他问我把他曾离开的消息告诉过谁。
Simon had been away a good deal lately.
西蒙最近经常出门。
My grandson has been away since last October.
我的孙子自去年10月份就离开了。
Within five minutes of arriving back from holiday, it feels as if I’ve never been away
度假回来之后没过5分钟，我就感觉好像从未离开过。
Horace is so devoted to his garden that he hasn’t been away for 10 years
霍勒斯对他的花园太过上心，都有10年没出过远门了。
Jason was away on a business trip
贾森出差在外。
Sarah and I had a great time while the kids were away
孩子们不在的时候，我和萨拉度过了一段美好时光。
We’ve had a pretty bad time while you were away. In fact, we very nearly split up this time
你不在的时候我们相处得很不愉快，确切地说这次我们差点就分手了。
Don’t think it hasn’t torn me apart to be away from you.
不骗你，离开你让我痛苦万分。
Since I’ll be away, I’d like to reschedule the meeting
既然我到时候不在，我想重新安排一下会议的时间。
以上10例摘自《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
As far as I know he’ll be away for three months.
据我所知，他将外出三个月。
She took the liberty of using your typewriter while you were away.
你不在时，她擅自用你的打字机。
The vacation time hung heavy on Dick’s hands because all his friends were away at camp.
假期对迪克来说真是度日如年，因为他的朋友们都去露营了。
He was away for a short while and soon came back.
他出去不大工夫就回来了。
As luck would have it, he was away that day.
他偏巧那天不在。
I’ll be away for some time. May I leave these books with you?
我要外出一段时间，这些书可以寄放在你那里吗？
She’s been away from home for many years.
她离家已经多年了。
He’s been away for at least a week.
他走了总有一个星期吧。
How long has he been away?
他去多久了？
I’ve never been away from here.
我从没离开过这个地方。
She has been away, spending the summer in Dalian.
她离开了一段时间，在大连过夏天。
以上12例摘自《汉英大词典》
上面的off和away是不可以互换的。
最后，补充一个知识点：hurry off to do sth= hurry away to do sth匆匆忙忙去做某事
hurry off= hurry away匆匆忙忙离开，赶着去
She hurried away to pour more coffee and tend to the grill.
她匆忙走开，去添加咖啡和照看烤架。
I hurried away to hail a taxi.
我赶紧去叫出租车。
He hurried away to catch the train and even forgot to lock the door.
他慌着赶火车，连门都忘了锁。
Without a word spoken, he hurried away, with his hoary head bending low.
他什么也没说，低着白发苍苍的头，匆匆地走了。
She shoved the book into her bag and hurried off.
她把书胡乱塞进包里就急急忙忙走了。
She glanced at the sleeping child and then hurried away.
她瞟了一眼睡着的孩子，随即匆匆离开了。
Obviously, I did what any professional writer would do;
I hurried off to spread the good news.
显然,我做了任何专业作家都会做的事——我迫不及待地去传播这个好消息。
四级真题- 2015年 12月 3卷 信息匹配
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