turn away

英 [tɜːn əˈweɪ]

美 [tɜːrn əˈweɪ]

拒绝…进入; 弃用（方法、主意）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 拒绝…进入
  If youturnsomeoneaway, you do not allow them to enter your country, home, or other place.
  1. Turning refugees away would be an inhumane action...
     拒绝收容难民是不人道的行为。
  2. Hard times are forcing community colleges to turn away students.
     当下时局艰难，一些社区学院被迫停止招生。
• PHRASAL VERB 弃用(方法、主意)
  Toturn away fromsomething such as a method or an idea means to stop using it or to become different from it.
  1. Japanese corporations have been turning away from production and have diverted into finance and real estate...
     日本公司已经由生产型企业转而从事金融和房地产业。
  2. Medicine began to turn away from botany in the scientific revolution of the 17th and 18th centuries.
     在 17、18 世纪的科学革命中，医学开始从植物学转而研究其他方向。

英英释义

verb

• move so as not face somebody or something
• turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
  Synonym:deflectbend
• turn away or aside
  1. They averted their eyes when the King entered
  Synonym:avert
• refuse entrance or membership
  1. They turned away hundreds of fans
  2. Black people were often rejected by country clubs
  Synonym:rejectturn downrefuse

双语例句

• When we begin to turn away from the sun, we have afternoon and evening and night.
  我们开始转离它时，就是下午。随后是黄昏和夜晚。
• 'I thought you would call me'Father'and not turn away from following me.
  我又说，你们必称我为父，也不再转去不跟从我。
• I close both blinds and turn away.
  我闭上双眼转身离开。
• But I hate to turn away a new customer.
  但是我讨厌拒绝新的顾客。
• Look I can't turn away perhaps you can.
  瞧，我无能无力可是或许你可以做到。
• Medicine began to turn away from botany in the scientific revolution of the 17th and 18th centuries.
  在17、18世纪的科学革命中，医学开始从植物学转而研究其他方向。
• You are not going to turn away like that, dear? Come!
  你就这样转身走了吗，亲爱的？过来！
• Love really make people lost, you all around me, turn away the whole world.
  爱真让人迷茫，你的一切围绕着我，转走了整个世界。
• Turn away my silent guest I cannot. I look at the face through the dark, and hours of dreams pass by.
  我不能回绝我的沉默的客人，我从黑暗中望着他的脸，梦幻的时间过去了。
• I started to turn away, but he took a step after me and grabbed my arm.
  我掉头就走，可是他紧跟上一步，抓住了我的胳臂。