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?
今晚谁将“kick off”比赛？
Our team will kick off first.
我们的团队将先开始。
Then we need to score quickly.
然后我们需要快速得分。
Exactly, let’s go win this game!
确切地说，让我们去赢得这场比赛吧！
02
How should we kick off Thanksgiving?
Situation
How should we kick off Thanksgiving this year?
今年我们应该如何开始庆祝感恩节呢？
I was thinking we could start by going pumpkin picking.
我在想我们可以先去摘南瓜。
That sounds perfect!
Pumpkins always set the holiday mood.
这听起来很完美！
南瓜总是能营造节日氛围。
南瓜总是能营造节日氛围。
Exactly, nothing better than to kick off Thanksgiving with a basket of bright orange pumpkins.
确实，没有什么比用一篮亮橙色的南瓜来开启感恩节更好的了。
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” 是一个不及物、及物、不可分和可分的短语动词。让我们一起来了解它的结构和例子。
- 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.
不及物动词 - 不需要宾语的短语动词; 它本身就有意义。
结构: "Subject + kick off (+ adverbial/time)"
例子 1: The meeting will kick off at 9 a.m.
例子 2: The concert kicked off with fireworks.
例子 3: The soccer match kicks off in ten minutes.
结构: "Subject + kick off (+ adverbial/time)"
例子 1: The meeting will kick off at 9 a.m.
例子 2: The concert kicked off with fireworks.
例子 3: The soccer match kicks off in ten minutes.
及物动词 - 需要一个宾语来完成其意义的短语动词。
结构: "Subject + kick + object + off"
例子 1: 教练用一场激励演讲来开始这个赛季。
例子 2: 让我们用一些音乐来开始派对。
例子 3: 她通过讲一个有趣的故事来开始演示。
结构: "Subject + kick + object + off"
例子 1: 教练用一场激励演讲来开始这个赛季。
例子 2: 让我们用一些音乐来开始派对。
例子 3: 她通过讲一个有趣的故事来开始演示。
不可分 - 指的是一种短语动词，其宾语必须放在整个短语之后；你不能将动词和小品词分开。
结构：“主语 + kick off (+ 副词/时间)”
例子 1：The festival 将在本周末以游行的形式“kick off”。
例子 2：讲座比预期更早“kicked off”。
例子 3：活动将于明天正式“kicks off”。
结构：“主语 + kick off (+ 副词/时间)”
例子 1：The festival 将在本周末以游行的形式“kick off”。
例子 2：讲座比预期更早“kicked off”。
例子 3：活动将于明天正式“kicks off”。
可分离 - 当小品词和动词被宾语分开时。
结构：“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.
结构：“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
相关词汇：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
