单词 off 虽小，但是作用大，因为它可以改变一个动词的意思！
1. Since so many stakeholders are busy, we are _________ today’s meeting until tomorrow.
a) pulling off
b) making off
c) holding off
d) putting off
2. Which phrasal verb means ‘to stop employing a worker, usually because there is no work for them to do’?
a) lay off
b) put off
c) write off
d) break off
3. “Good morning. This is your captain speaking. We are ready to _________ and will land in Shanghai at 9.00pm this evening.”
a) make off
b) shut off
c) take off
d) lay off
4. It took me ten years of working to _________ my student loan.
a) buy off
b) bring off
c) put off
d) pay off
5. I don’t think he will ever be able to pay me back the money he owes me. I’ll just have to _________ the debt.
a) go off
b) write off
c) pay off
d) show off
6. Since losing my job, I have been _________ my savings.
a) taking off
b) setting off
c) living off
d) cutting off
答案
1) d, 2) a, 3) c, 4) d, 5) b, 6) c.
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