away

adv

• ①[表位置]向远处,在远处;不在;缺席
  • far away在遥远之处
  • The airport is three miles away.机场在三英里外。
  • They stayed away from the crowd.他们远离那些群众。
  • He is away from home.他不在家。
  • The river is two miles away from here.那条河离此地两英里。
  • She is away in the country [on holiday].她去乡下[度假]了。
  • I'll be away for the summer.我将离家避暑去。

• ②[表移动]转移方向;离去;脱离
  • go away走开、离开
  • Away!=Go away!!滚开!
  • Come away.离开(那边)到这边来。

• ③[表消逝、除去]消失;损失;减少;变弱,耗尽
  • The water boiled away.水煮干了。
  • The sounds died away.那些声音消失了。
  • The patient slowly faded away.那个病人慢慢衰弱下去。
  • She cut away a dead branch.她剪掉一根枯枝。
  • The flood washed away the village.洪水把那个村庄冲掉了。
  • The snow melted away.雪融掉了。

• ④[表继续的动作]继续不断地,经常地
  • He worked away for three days.他不停地工作了三天。
  • talk away继续说下去

• ⑤ 即刻,立即
  • right [straight] away即时,马上

• ⑥[加重语意]【主美】远远地(★用于其他副词、介词如above, ahead, back, behind, below, down, off, out, over, up等之前,以加重中语意,常可略作'way, way)
  • The temperature today is (a)way below the freezing point.今天的温度远在冰点之下。