I knew what it meant: The handrail could be completely pulled off and the safety tether might break, and I might therefore be pushed into space.
我知道这意味着什么：扶手可能会被完全扯下来，安全绳可能会断裂，我可能因此被推到太空中去。
Don't be put off by how it looks—it tastes delicious.
别看外表就讨厌它—这东西味道可美哩。
If you've shied away from making pancakes in the past, don't be put off – there's really nothing to it!
如果你过去没有信心做烙饼的话，就别再被它吓着–真没什么难的。
She asked me to be serious – said it put her off if I laughed.
她要我严肃一点–说如果我大笑会让她分心。
We'll never be able to stop beach erosion, we can only stave it off.
我们永远都不能阻止海滩被侵蚀，我们只能暂缓其发生。
One of the mechanics took off the damaged tyre, and took it back to the station to be patched.
其中一个机械师取下受损轮胎，把它拿到站里修补。
It can be done without following some absurd, off-the-wall investment strategy.
不遵从那一套荒唐愚蠢的投资策略也可以办得到。
In those far off days it never entered anyone's mind that a woman could be prime minister.
在那些久远的日子里，绝没有人会想到一个女人可以当上首相。
It would be a good idea to use a plastic bottle, with its top cut off, as a container to grow young plants in.
把塑料瓶的顶部剪掉当作种植幼苗的容器是个好主意。
While it is true that you may be among friends in a village, it is also true that you are cut off from the exciting and important events that take place in cities.
虽然你可能真的是村里的朋友，但这也确实使您脱离了城市中令人兴奋的重要事件。
Getting back into exercise can be a challenge in the best of times, but with gyms and in-person exercise classes off-limits to many people these days, it can be tricky to know where to start.
在境况最好的时候，重新开始锻炼身体也可能是一项挑战，但如今许多人都无法去健身房或参加面授的健身课程，就更是连从何处入手都很难知道。
Eventually you develop a scab, and then it would fall off as it healed, and you'd be left with a scar.
最终你会结成一个痂，当它愈合的时候，它会脱落，然后你会留下一个伤疤。
When the Lumière Brothers and other pioneers began showing off this new invention, it was by no means obvious how it would be used.
当卢米埃尔兄弟和其他先驱们开始展示这项新发明时，人们根本不知道它该如何使用。
For parents who send their kids off to college saying, "These will be the best years of your life," it would be very appropriate to add, "If you can handle the stress of college life."
那些把孩子送进大学的父母说，“这将是你生命中最美好的时光”，再加上一句“如果你能应对大学生活的压力的话”会更加合适。
Unlike a thorn, a prickle can be easily broken off the plant because it is really a feature of the outer layers rather than part of the wood, like a thorn.
与刺不同，皮刺能够被轻易地从植物茎上剥落，因为它仅仅是植物外层的一种特征，而不像刺那样是树木的一部分。
If scholars suddenly discovered that Rembrandt had dashed off "The Night Watch" in an afternoon, it would still be "The Night Watch."
就算学者们突然发现伦勃朗在一个下午匆匆完成了《守夜人》，它仍然是《守夜人》。
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