āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
switch off
/ËswÉĒʧ ËÉf/
to switch off
[phrase form: switch]
01
āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ āĻ āĻĢ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to make something stop working usually by flipping a switch
Transitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
My dad always switches the news off when he has had enough.
āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻ¯āĻĨā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻš āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to lose interest and stop paying attention to what is happening
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Continuous distractions in the environment can lead people to switch off unconsciously.
āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļā§ āĻ
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇāĻā§ āĻ
āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
