| 词组 | write off |
| 释义 | write off 1. write off to write a letter to a company or an organization asking them to send you goods or information + for ▪ I've written off for more details of the offer. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑send off, ↑write away 2. write off sb/sth • write sb/sth off to decide that someone or something is not likely to be successful, or that they are not very good or interesting: ▪ At the time, the team was getting a lot of criticism, and everyone was writing them off. + as ▪ As a politician, he was quickly written off as dull and boring. ▪ After six months of work, we eventually wrote the project off as a non-starter. ■ SIMILAR TO: dismiss write-off n C a complete failure or something that is not worth doing, considering etc: ▪ The whole idea was a write-off from the start. 3. write off sth • write sth off BrE to crash a vehicle and damage it so badly that it is not worth repairing it: ▪ Her car was written off in a terrible accident on the A34 in Oxfordshire. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑total AmE be a write-off BrE n C if a vehicle is a write-off, it has been so badly damaged in a crash that it is not worth repairing it: ▪ Doug's motor-bike was a complete write-off and he felt lucky to be alive. 4. write off sth • write sth off to officially say that a debt no longer has to be paid or officially accept that you cannot get back the money you have spent or lost: ▪ The United States agreed to write off debts worth billions of dollars. ▪ The Inland Revenue wrote off $900 million in unpaid taxes last year. ▪ The money that has already been spent on the project will have to be written off if the project is cancelled now. write-off n C an official statement that a debt no longer has to be paid: ▪ Representatives from the world's poorest countries called for an immediate and total write-off of all foreign debt. 5. write off sth • write sth off to make an official record of the amount of money that you have spent on things connected with your business, in order to reduce the amount of tax that you have to pay write off sth against tax ▪ The costs of setting up the business can be written off against tax. ▪ Companies will be able to write off against taxes only the first $1 million they pay a director or executive. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑set off against, ↑set against |
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