slough off

英 [slʌf ɒf]

美 [slʌf ɔːf]

（植物）落叶; （动物）蜕皮

柯林斯词典

• → see:slough
• PHRASAL VERB 放弃;抛弃
  If youslough offsomething that you no longer want or need, you get rid of it.
  1. She tried hard to slough off her old personality...
     她努力告别从前的个性。
  2. The nation states of Eastern Europe finally sloughed off their totalitarian regimes.
     东欧民族国家最终抛弃了极权统治。

英英释义

verb

• separate from surrounding living tissue, as in an abortion
• discard as undesirable
  1. the candidate sloughed off his former campaign workers

双语例句

• The cicada has to slough off its skin before it can fly.
  蝉在会飞以前必须蜕去皮。
• She tried hard to slough off her old personality
  她努力告别从前的个性。
• It's a bad habit he should slough off.
  这是他应该戒除的一个坏习惯。
• It's time for us to slough off our tired old image.
  我们该丢掉原来疲惫不堪的旧形象了。
• Snakes slough off their skins once a year.
  蛇每年蜕皮一次。
• He managed to slough off his drinking habit.
  他终於戒掉了酗酒的习惯。
• A highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars.
  一种高度传染的病毒性疾病，通常发烧皮肤上生斑。
• Slough off unimportant verbiage.
  删除无关紧要的空话。
• She can slough off a sadness and replace it by a hope.
  她能摈除悲伤而代之以希望。
• But sometimes, you need to learn to slough off, and then you may get progress.
  人要成功一定要有永不放弃的精神，但你学会放弃的时候，你才开始进步。