touch off

英 [tʌtʃ ɒf]

美 [tʌtʃ ɔːf]

引发; 触发; 引起

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 引发;触发;引起
  If somethingtouches offa situation or series of events, it causes it to start happening.
  1. Is the massacre likely to touch off a new round of violence?
     大屠杀有可能触发新一轮的暴行吗？

英英释义

verb

• put in motion or move to act
  1. trigger a reaction
  2. actuate the circuits
  Synonym:tripactuatetriggeractivateset offspark offsparktrigger off

双语例句

• A new pulse voltage setup is designed to touch off the pre-pulse, which is able to work stably in very adverse electromagnetic environment, and the security and reliability of the discharge setup is raised.
  设计制作了新的预脉冲触发装置，提高了抗电磁干扰能力、安全性和可靠性。额定电压下，出口发生三相短路时，不会造成损坏。
• The touch sensor can give off signals to the NXT Brick when it makes contact with any material.
  当触控感应器的按被触动的时候可以传送信号回到NXT主机。
• This explosive needs to be handled very carefully; the slightest jolt will touch it off.
  摆弄这种炸药要非常当心，稍有震摇就会使它爆炸。
• The slightest touch may set off the mine.
  轻轻一碰就会引起地雷爆炸。
• All the boxes fell down, and the King who wanted to touch the moon fell off the high tower and died.
  所有的木箱散落一地，而这个想摸月亮的国王也从高处跌下来摔死了。
• Some basic event can touch off an alarm firsthand, and it can also be analyzed by Policy Script. After be analyzed, it no only touch off an alarm, but also can create a new event.
  基本事件本身就可以触发告警，策略脚本分析基本事件以后既可以生成新的事件也可以触发告警。
• Paradoxically, reform measures meant to solidify China's growth over the long term could also become the match that could touch off a conflagration.
  矛盾的是，旨在巩固中国长期经济增长的措施同时也可能引发危机。
• Using electron switch by BTA, BTA at touch off cross zero, thus deferent electron sine wave is intact.
  用双向晶闸管作为电子开关，双向晶闸管过零触发，因而输出的是完整的正弦波。
• Cookery writer Simon Hopkinson showed me how to make this dish, in what turned out to be a masterclass in the gentle touch needed to peel off the membranes and then prepare and cook the brains.
  烹饪作家西蒙•霍普金森（SimonHopkinson）向我展示了怎么做这道菜，剥除外面的薄膜然后处理烹制的过程需要非常细致的手法，这让整个展示过程变成了一次大师课程。
• The core country which has agglomeration can levy an appropriate agglomeration rents on firms. It will not touch off outflow of capital to peripheral country.
  有经济集聚的核心国可以凭借经济集聚对所在企业征收一个适当的集聚租金，同时不会触发资本外流到外围国。