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

• Why couldn't I be smart and turn away?
  我为什么不能聪明点，转过身去？
• And what if you're wrong and he does turn away? Then what?
  可是要是你错了，他确实置之不理，又怎么办？
• This person would turn away from her and start speaking to her parents.
  人将离开她，开始和她父母讲话。
• 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。
• Turning refugees away would be an inhumane action
  拒绝收容难民是不人道的行为。
• The stench of decay choked him and he had to turn away.
  腐烂发出的臭气使他窒息，他不得不转身走开了。
• Kennedy exhorted his listeners to turn away from violence
  肯尼迪劝诫听众远离暴力。
• Unbelievers who turn away from Him and who deprive themselves of Him by their malice are today doubly culpable.
  信的人，离他和谁剥夺了自己的他，他们的恶意今天加倍惩处。
• 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。
• 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。