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词组 tune out
释义
Idiom
tune someone or something out
Theme: IGNORE
to ignore someone or something; to be unaware of someone or something.
Sally annoys me sometimes, so I just tune her out.Your radio doesn't bother me. I just tune out the noise.

Slang
tune out
Theme: IGNORE
in. to begin to ignore everything.
I got bored and tuned out.The entire class had tuned out, so no one heard the teacher ask the question.
Idiom
tune outtune out (someone/something)
to stop paying attention to someone or something.
Beverly always tunes out in the middle of her music lesson.He's been tuning me out ever since I tried to talk to him about his drinking.

Phr V
tune out
tunes, tuning, tuned
tune out sb/sth or tune sb/sth out
American informal to ignore someone or not give your attention to something that is happening around you
He could tune Karen out and still look like he was listening to her every word.You want to relax and tune out distractions from the TV or telephone.
phrasetune out1. tune out sthtune sth out AmE informal to ignore something or stop listening to it: Harget says he hopes people won't start tuning out warnings about the virus, because they've heard them so many times before. SIMILAR TO: ignore2. tune out AmE informal to stop paying attention and stop listening or watching something, especially because you are tired or bored: He often seems to just tune out and go off into a world of his own.

tune out

1. To stop paying attention to or mentally distance oneself from the environment or surroundings. I already covered this material in my other class, so I just tune out and doodle in my notebook. I can tell the kids are tuning out when I start talking about verbs and pronouns.
2. To willfully ignore or stop paying attention to someone or something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "tune" and "out." I have to try to tune out the kid's shouting when I work from home. Stop tuning me out! I'm just trying to tell you why I'm upset.

tune someone or something out

to put someone or something out of one's consciousness; to cease paying attention to someone or something. I had to tune the radio out in order to concentrate. I tuned out what the speaker was saying and daydreamed for a while.

tune out

Fig. to cease paying attention to anything at all. I wasn't interested, so I just tuned out. I think that most of the audience tuned out during the last part of the lecture.

tune out

1. Adjust a receiver so as not to receive a signal, as in Let's tune out all this interference. [Early 1900s]
2. Dissociate oneself from one's surroundings; also, disregard, ignore. For example, The average reader, used to seeing lots of color images, tunes out when confronted with big blocks of text , or Some mothers are expert at tuning out the children's whining and quarreling. [1920s] For an antonym, see tune in.

tune out

v.
1. To disconnect from or stop receiving a particular broadcast station or program: I had to tune out halfway through the game last night, so I don't know how it ended.
2. Slang To disassociate oneself from one's environment: When faced with so much advertising, most people just tune out.
3. Slang To become unresponsive to someone or something; ignore someone or something: She tried to tune out the children's laughter so she could study. He tunes me out every time I ask him about the money that he owes me.

tune out

in. to begin to ignore everything. The entire class had tuned out, so no one heard the teacher ask the question.
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