| 释义 |
●ˌcut sb ˈoff 🔑1. to interrupt a telephone conversation by breaking the connection 切断（电话通话线路）◆Operator, I’ve just been cut off.
接线员，我断线了。 NOTE Usually used in the passive. 通常用于被动语态。2. to refuse to let sb have any of your money or property after you die 剥夺…的继承权◆He cut his son off without a penny.
他完全剥夺了儿子的继承权。OBJ son, daughter
SYN disinherit sb (more formal) ➡ see also cut sb out, cut sb out of sth3. to end a relationship with sb because you do not want to see or talk to them any more 同…绝交；与…一刀两断；停止与…来往◆His family have cut him off since he told them what he’d done.
自从他向家人透露了自己的所作所为之后，他们断绝了与他的关系。1 [v + n/pron + adv]2, 3 [v + n/pron + adv] [v + adv + n] (less frequent)
 ●be cut off in your ˈprimeto die suddenly when you are still young, strong and successful 英年早逝；短命 |