off-hand
['ɔ:f'hænd]
- adj. 不拘礼节的；临时的，未经准备的
- adv. 当即，立即
英文词源
- off-hand (adv.)
- also offhand, 1690s, "at once, straightway," from off (adv.) + hand (n.). Probably originally in reference to shooting without a rest or support. Hence, of speech or action, "unpremeditated" (1719). Related: Off-handed; off-handedly.
双语例句
- 1. I feel it's done me good to get it off my chest.
- 我感觉吐吐苦水对我有好处。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Their first car rolls off the production line on December 16.
- 他们的第一辆车于12月16日下线。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. French soldiers squared off with a gunman at a road checkpoint.
- 在一个公路检查站法国士兵摆开架势，准备迎战一名持枪者。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Lights reflected off dust-covered walls creating a ghostly luminescence.
- 灯光照在满是灰尘的墙上，反射回苍白的冷光。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. "Telmex" was bought off the government by a group of investors.
- 一批投资商从政府手中买下墨西哥电信公司。
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