Meaning
「Cut off」是一個常用的英語片語動詞，具有多種用法和意義。以下是一些常見的用法和解釋：
中斷或停止： 當你想要表示暫停某個動作或過程時，可以使用「cut off」。例如，當電話通話突然中斷時，你可以說「The call was cut off.」（電話被中斷了）。
切斷供應： 當某種資源或供應（如水、電、燃氣）被停止供應時，可以使用這個片語。例如，「The electricity was cut off due to non-payment.」（因未付款而被切斷了電力供應）。
阻擋或攔截： 當某人或某物被阻擋或攔截時，也可以用「cut off」。例如，「The car was cut off by a truck.」（那輛車被卡車攔截了）。
隔絕或孤立： 當你想表達某人或某地被孤立或隔絕時，可以使用這個表達。例如，「The village was cut off by the flood.」（這個村莊被洪水隔絕了）。
這些例子顯示了「cut off」在不同情境中的多樣性，理解這些用法可以幫助你更好地掌握這個片語在日常英語中的應用。
Today's Sentences
01
Did the call cut off again?
Situation
Hello?
Are you still there, or did the call cut off again?
您好？
您還在嗎，還是通話又中斷了？
您還在嗎，還是通話又中斷了？
Sorry.
My signal disappears every time I walk into a certain part of the house.
抱歉。
每次我走進屋子的某個地方時，我的信號就會消失。
每次我走進屋子的某個地方時，我的信號就會消失。
Should I call you back when you have better connection?
當你有更好的連線時，我應該再打給你嗎？
Let me call you back once I get into a better area.
讓我到訊號較好的地方後再回撥給你。
02
They cut off the supply for maintenance.
Situation
Did the water just get cut off?
I was in the middle of rinsing my hair!
水剛剛被切斷了嗎？
我正在沖洗頭髮呢！
我正在沖洗頭髮呢！
Yeah, the city said they’d cut off the supply for maintenance.
是啊，市政府說他們會因為維修而中斷供應。
A warning would’ve been nice.
以下是翻譯的內容：
一個警告會很好。
I sent you a text!
I should have reminded you with a call.
我傳了一則簡訊給你！
我應該打電話提醒你的。
我應該打電話提醒你的。
Writer's Note
"Cut off" is a transitive. intransitive, inseparable, and separable phrasal verb.
「Cut off」是一個他動、非他動、不可分、可分的片語動詞。
- Transitive - These phrasal verbs need a direct object to complete their meaning.
Structure: "Verb + Object + Particle"
Example 1: The company cut the power off during the outage.
Example 2: Please cut off the music, it’s too loud.
Example 3: The coach cut the player off mid-sentence. - Intransitive - These phrasal verbs do not take a direct object.
Structure: "Subject + Verb + Particle"
Example 1: The call cut off right when she started talking.
Example 2: The video feed cut off during the meeting.
Example 3: The engine suddenly cut off at the stoplight. - Inseparable - The verb and particle cannot be separated; the object must always follow the particle.
Structure: "Verb + Particle + Object"
Example 1: His parents cut off his allowance after the argument.
Example 2: The driver cut off the cyclist without looking.
Example 3: She cut off her friends when she moved abroad. - Separable - The direct object can be placed either after the particle or between the verb and the particle.
Structure: "Verb + Object + Particle"
Example 1: The nurse cut the bandage off gently.
Example 2: The had to cut the old branches off to save the tree.
Example 3: The storm cut the internet off for the whole neighborhood.
及物動詞 - 這些片語動詞需要一個直接受詞來完成它們的意思。
結構：Verb + Object + Particle
例子 1：The company cut the power off during the outage.
例子 2：Please cut off the music, it’s too loud.
例子 3：The coach cut the player off mid-sentence.
結構：Verb + Object + Particle
例子 1：The company cut the power off during the outage.
例子 2：Please cut off the music, it’s too loud.
例子 3：The coach cut the player off mid-sentence.
不及物動詞 - 這些片語動詞不需要直接受詞。
結構： 「Subject + Verb + Particle」
例子 1： The call cut off right when she started talking.
例子 2： The video feed cut off during the meeting.
例子 3： The engine suddenly cut off at the stoplight.
結構： 「Subject + Verb + Particle」
例子 1： The call cut off right when she started talking.
例子 2： The video feed cut off during the meeting.
例子 3： The engine suddenly cut off at the stoplight.
不可分開 - 動詞和片語無法分開，受詞必須緊接在片語之後。
結構：「Verb + Particle + Object」
例子 1：他的父母在爭執後停止了他的零用錢。
例子 2：司機在沒有注意的情況下切斷了自行車騎士的路。
例子 3：她搬到國外時與朋友斷絕了聯繫。
結構：「Verb + Particle + Object」
例子 1：他的父母在爭執後停止了他的零用錢。
例子 2：司機在沒有注意的情況下切斷了自行車騎士的路。
例子 3：她搬到國外時與朋友斷絕了聯繫。
可分離 - 直接受詞可以放在介系詞後面或動詞和介系詞之間。
結構: "Verb + Object + Particle"
例子 1: The nurse cut the bandage off gently.
例子 2: The had to cut the old branches off to save the tree.
例子 3: The storm cut the internet off for the whole neighborhood.
結構: "Verb + Object + Particle"
例子 1: The nurse cut the bandage off gently.
例子 2: The had to cut the old branches off to save the tree.
例子 3: The storm cut the internet off for the whole neighborhood.
Related Words: Block, disconnect, discontinue, interrupt, isolate, remove, sever, stop, suspend, terminate
Related Words: Block, disconnect, discontinue, interrupt, isolate, remove, sever, stop, suspend, terminate
