| 词组 | sign off |
| 释义 | sign off 1. sign off • sign off sth to end an informal letter that you are writing, by giving your final message: ▪ Well, I'll sign off now. Many thanks again for having us to stay - Jean. ▪ Sometimes its difficult to know how to sign off a letter in another language. 2. sign off informal to end a radio or television broadcast or programme by saying goodbye: ▪ This is Emma Campbell for Radio Gloucester, signing off. 3. sign off informal to finish doing something, especially after you have been doing it for a long time: ▪ It was 8.58 pm and I'd been working hard all day so I decided it was time to sign off. 4. sign sb off • sign off sb BrE if a doctor signs someone off, he or she gives them a note for their employer saying that they are ill and are not able to work: ▪ Mrs Mawdsley telephoned the office the following day to say that she had seen her doctor and had been signed off for a month. 5. sign off BrE to stop claiming the money given by the government to people without employment, because you have found a job: ▪ A lot of people sign off in the summer months, when there are seasonal jobs available. ■ OPPOSITE: sign on 6. sign off sth • sign sth off • sign off on sth to show that you approve of a plan or that something is ready by writing your name on an official paper: ▪ She has to sign the book off before it can go to the publishers. sign off on sth AmE ▪ Engineers have signed off on a permit to repair part of the interstate bridge. |
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