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单词 carry someone/thing off
释义

carry someone/thing off

1Take someone or something away by force: bandits carried off his mule...
  • Not one to take no for an answer, he gathered together a group of friends, forced his way in and carried Isabel off in triumph.
  • I received word that he carried her off to Avignon, and plans to force her into marriage.
  • But Mitchell did not kill the bear before his hog could be carried off because it happened on a Sunday.
1.1(Of a medical condition) kill someone: Parkinson’s disease carried him off in September...
  • We can do very little about diseases which might carry us off but road deaths are preventable, and while drunk drivers may be one of the biggest hazards on our roads, speeders are an even bigger peril.
  • By this time he was already suffering from the spinal disease that carried him off prematurely two years later.
  • We don't have to worry about diseases like typhoid carrying them off or their losing limbs as they work around heavy machinery every day on long shifts.

Synonyms

kill, kill off, cause the death of, cause to die, take/end the life of, dispatch, finish off
informal polish off, do in
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