| 词组 | carry off |
| 释义 | carry off 1. carry it off to succeed in doing something difficult, especially when there is a good chance that you will fail: ▪ I was delighted to be offered the job, but I wasn't sure if could carry it off. ▪ She was sent to pose as a Russian diplomat and she almost carried it off. ▪ The company's expansion plans are extremely ambitious, but director Paul Redstone believes that he can carry it off. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑pull off, ↑bring off 2. carry off sth • carry sth off to win a prize: ▪ Gwyneth Paltrow carried off the prize for best actress, for her role in the film "Shakespeare in Love". ▪ The winner will carry off a cheque for $3000. 3. carry off sth • carry sth off to look good in a particular piece of clothing or style: ▪ Those long straight dresses are beautiful, but you have to be tall to carry them off. 4. carry off sth • carry sth off to steal something - used especially in news reports: ▪ Thieves broke into the museum, and carried off paintings worth millions of pounds. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑steal, ↑make off with 5. be carried off old-fashioned if someone is carried off by a disease, they die from it: ▪ Little Horace Charles was carried off by pneumonia at the age of eight. |
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