Meaning
"Drop off" adalah ungkapan dalam bahasa Inggris yang memiliki beberapa makna tergantung pada konteksnya. Salah satu arti umum dari "drop off" adalah menurunkan atau mengantarkan seseorang atau sesuatu di suatu tempat. Misalnya, ketika Anda mengantar teman Anda ke bandara, Anda melakukan tindakan "drop off".
Selain itu, "drop off" juga bisa berarti penurunan atau pengurangan secara bertahap. Contohnya, ketika jumlah peserta suatu acara berkurang setelah waktu tertentu, kita bisa mengatakan bahwa ada "drop off" dalam jumlah peserta.
Ungkapan ini sering digunakan dalam situasi sehari-hari, baik dalam konteks mengantarkan barang atau orang, maupun menggambarkan suatu penurunan jumlah atau kualitas. Mengingat makna dari "drop off", penting untuk memahami konteks kalimat agar tidak terjadi kesalahpahaman.
Today's Sentences
01
Can you drop me off around 8?
Situation
Do you need a ride to the train station?
That’d be great, thanks!
Can you drop me off around 8?
Bisa antar saya sekitar jam 8?
Sure, I’ll swing by your place at 7:45.
Perfect.
I’ll be ready.
Saya akan siap.
02
I totally dropped off halfway through.
Situation
You were so quiet during the movie last night!
I know, I totally dropped off halfway through.
Long day at work?
Yeah, I couldn’t keep my eyes open.
Writer's Note
"Drop off" is transitive, intransitive, separable, and inseparable; these categories often overlap. You'll notice that transitive verbs are frequently separable, while intransitive ones tend to be inseparable. Let’s break it down together.
- Transitive - These phrasal verbs take an object for the sentence to make sense.
Example 1: I’ll drop off the package this afternoon.
Example 2: She dropped off the kids at school.
Example 3: Can you drop off my suit at the cleaners? - Separable - The object can go between the verb and the particle.
Example 1: I’ll drop the package off this afternoon.
Example 2: She dropped the kids off at school.
Example 3: Can you drop my suit off at the cleaners? - Intransitive - A combination of a verb and one or more particles (prepositions or adverbs) that functions as a verb, but does not take a direct object.
Example 1: Sales dropped off significantly after the holidays.
Example 2: Attendance has dropped off this month.
Example 3: Profits dropped off during the recession. - Inseparable - Where the verb and its particle (preposition or adverb) cannot be separated by other words.
Example 1: Interest in the product is starting to drop off.
Example 2: The noise gradually dropped off as we moved away.
Example 3: Viewership tends to drop off after the first few episodes.
Contoh 1: I’ll drop off the package this afternoon.
Contoh 2: She dropped off the kids at school.
Contoh 3: Can you drop off my suit at the cleaners?
Contoh 1: Saya akan drop paket ini off sore ini.
Contoh 2: Dia dropped anak-anak off di sekolah.
Contoh 3: Bisakah kamu drop setelan saya off di binatu?
Example 1: Penjualan dropped off secara signifikan setelah liburan.
Example 2: Kehadiran dropped off bulan ini.
Example 3: Keuntungan dropped off selama resesi.
Contoh 1: Ketertarikan pada produk mulai drop off.
Contoh 2: Suara secara bertahap dropped off saat kami menjauh.
Contoh 3: Jumlah penonton cenderung drop off setelah beberapa episode pertama.
Related Words: Abandon, decrease, deliver, diminish, disembark, doze, fade, fall asleep, leave, lessen, nod off, plummet, reduce, slacken, transport, unload.
