Meaning
- To start and event, activity, or progress.
- To start a match by kicking the ball often called football or soccer.
- To suddenly get angry or to cause a commotion.
- To pass away.
Today's Sentences
01
Our team will kick off first.
Situation
Who’s going to kick off the match tonight?
誰會在今晚的比賽中率先開球呢？
Our team will kick off first.
我們的團隊將會先開始。
Then we need to score quickly.
然後我們需要快速得分。
Exactly, let’s go win this game!
好的，我們去贏下這場比賽吧！
02
How should we kick off Thanksgiving?
Situation
How should we kick off Thanksgiving this year?
我們今年應該如何開啟感恩節呢？
I was thinking we could start by going pumpkin picking.
我在想我們可以先去摘南瓜。
That sounds perfect!
Pumpkins always set the holiday mood.
那聽起來很完美！
南瓜總是能營造假日的氛圍。
南瓜總是能營造假日的氛圍。
Exactly, nothing better than to kick off Thanksgiving with a basket of bright orange pumpkins.
確實，沒有什麼比用一籃鮮豔的橙色南瓜來迎接「Thanksgiving」更好的了。
Writer's Note
"Kick off" is an intransitive, transitive, inseparable and separable phrasal verb. Let’s dive in with the structure and examples together.
「Kick off」是一個不及物動詞、及物動詞、不可分和可分的片語動詞。讓我們一起深入了解它的結構和例子。
- Intransitive - A phrasal verb that does not take an object; it makes sense on its own.
Structure: "Subject + kick off (+ adverbial/time)"
Example 1: The meeting will kick off at 9 a.m.
Example 2: The concert kicked off with fireworks.
Example 3: The soccer match kicks off in ten minutes. - Transitive - A phrasal verb that needs an object to complete its meaning.
Structure: "Subject + kick + object + off"
Example 1: The coach kicked the season off with a motivational speech.
Example 2: Let’s kick the party off with some music.
Example 3: She kicked off the presentation by telling a funny story. - Inseparable - A phrasal verb where the object must come after the whole phrase; you cannot split the verb and particle.
Structure: "Subject + kick off (+ adverbial/time)"
Example 1: The festival will kick off this weekend with a parade.
Example 2: The lecture kicked off earlier than expected.
Example 3: The campaign officially kicks off tomorrow. - Separable - When the particle and verb are separated by an object.
Structure: "Subject + kick + object + off"
Example 1: They kicked the ceremony off with a moment of silence.
Example 2: He always kicks meetings off by telling a joke.
Example 3: The teacher kicked off the lesson with a quick review.
Intransitive - 一個不需要賓語的片語動詞，它本身就有意義。
Structure: 「Subject + kick off (+ adverbial/time)」
Example 1: The meeting will kick off at 9 a.m.
Example 2: The concert kicked off with fireworks.
Example 3: The soccer match kicks off in ten minutes.
Structure: 「Subject + kick off (+ adverbial/time)」
Example 1: The meeting will kick off at 9 a.m.
Example 2: The concert kicked off with fireworks.
Example 3: The soccer match kicks off in ten minutes.
及物 - 需要一個受詞來完成其意義的片語動詞。
結構: 主詞 + kick + 受詞 + off
例子 1: 教練以激勵人心的演講來開始球季。
例子 2: 我們用一些音樂來開始派對吧。
例子 3: 她以講述一個有趣的故事來開始簡報。
結構: 主詞 + kick + 受詞 + off
例子 1: 教練以激勵人心的演講來開始球季。
例子 2: 我們用一些音樂來開始派對吧。
例子 3: 她以講述一個有趣的故事來開始簡報。
不可分開 - 這是一個片語動詞，物件必須位於整個片語之後；你不能將動詞和小品詞分開。
結構: 「主語 + kick off (+ 狀語/時間)」
例子 1: The festival will kick off this weekend with a parade.
例子 2: The lecture kicked off earlier than expected.
例子 3: The campaign officially kicks off tomorrow.
結構: 「主語 + kick off (+ 狀語/時間)」
例子 1: The festival will kick off this weekend with a parade.
例子 2: The lecture kicked off earlier than expected.
例子 3: The campaign officially kicks off tomorrow.
可分離 - 當介系詞和動詞被受詞分開時。
結構: "Subject + kick + object + off"
例子 1: They kicked the ceremony off with a moment of silence.
例子 2: He always kicks meetings off by telling a joke.
例子 3: The teacher kicked off the lesson with a quick review.
結構: "Subject + kick + object + off"
例子 1: They kicked the ceremony off with a moment of silence.
例子 2: He always kicks meetings off by telling a joke.
例子 3: The teacher kicked off the lesson with a quick review.
Related words: Begin, blow up, commence, croak, depart, die, erupt, expire, flare up, get going, launch, lose it, open, pass away, perish, protest, restart, riot, set in motion, start, start the game, trigger
相關詞彙: Begin, blow up, commence, croak, depart, die, erupt, expire, flare up, get going, launch, lose it, open, pass away, perish, protest, restart, riot, set in motion, start, start the game, trigger
