1.離開一條路而走上另一條路Is this where we turn off/where the road turns off for Hull? 這兒就是我們要轉往赫爾市方向的路嗎?He turned off when he ought to have gone straight on. 他本應一直朝前走, 卻拐了彎。
2.關掉Turn off the light before you leave. 離開前請把燈關掉。
3.改變方向; 關閉; 掃興He turned off the question with a shrug of the shoulders. 他聳聳肩迴避了這個問題。
4.解僱The boss thought him a trouble-maker and turned him off. 老板認為他是個鬧事者, 而把他解僱了。The hands were turned off by the new owner of the factory. 工人們被工廠的新主人解僱了。
