take off这个短语，内涵非常丰富，花样翻新，含义非常丰富地道，请看：
1. take sth off sth拿开；夺走，取出;划掉；减轻；扣除，减去（款额、分数等）；停止销售； 撤销，取消(服务或娱乐)；脱掉衣帽等
Will you take your books off the table?
把你的书从桌子上拿走好吗？
She was playing with a knife, so I took it off her.
她在玩一把刀子，于是我把刀子从她手里夺了过来。
My name had been taken off the list.
我的名字从名单上画掉了。
The new sports centre will take the pressure off the old one.
新的体育运动中心将减轻老体育运动中心的压力。
The manager took $10 off the bill.
经理从账单上划掉10元。
That experience took ten years off my life (= made me feel ten years older) .
那段经历使我老了十岁。
The slimming pills were taken off the market.
市场上已停止销售这种减肥药片。
Take off the price of the house, that's another hundred thousand.
减去房价，又是 10 万。
We would very much deplore it if a popular programme were taken off as a result of political pressure.如果一档受人喜爱的节目因为政治压力遭停播的话，我们将非常痛心。
The network took it off the air in 1971.1971 年，广播网停播了这个节目。
He took off his raincoat and took out the key. 他脱下雨衣,拿出钥匙
Please takeyour shoes off when you come inside.
当你进来了请脱掉鞋子。
Put on your clothes. Don’t take them off. 把衣服穿上，别把衣服脱下。
He took off his wet shoes.他脱下了浸湿的鞋子。
He took off his hat and bowed as he passed.他经过时脱帽鞠躬。
Take off you shoes before entering the room.
进房间之前先脱鞋。
Why don't you take off your jacket? It's kind of hot in here. 你干嘛不把外套脱掉？这里挺热的。
He wouldn't take his hat off.他不肯摘下帽子。
2. take sb off sth
调离，解除（工作、职务等）；撤掉，拆除（器械）
The officer leading the investigation has been taken off the case.
主持调查此案的警员已被撤下。
After three days she was taken off the ventilator.
三天之后给她摘掉了呼吸器。
3. 匆匆离去；急忙离开
When he saw me coming he took off in the opposite direction.
他见我走过来便赶快转身走了。
He took off at once and headed back to the motel...他立刻离开，回到汽车旅馆。
He took himself off to Mexico.他突然动身去了墨西哥。
When he saw me coming he took off in the opposite direction.
他见我走过来便赶快转身走了。
4.飞机等起飞；比喻意义人的事业起飞腾飞，比喻人成功了，（产品、活动、事业等）突然成功 (商品)销路开始旺盛；观念、产品等) 突然大受欢迎；迅速流行
The plane took off an hour late.
飞机起飞晚了一个小时。
The plane will take off soon.
飞机马上就要起飞了。
The plane took off despite the fog.尽管有雾，飞机仍照常起飞。
We eventually took off at 11 o'clock and arrived in Venice at 1.30.我们终于在11点起飞，1:30 到达威尼斯。
When will the plane take off? 飞机何时起飞？
The plane already took off. We need to get on the next flight. 飞机已经起飞了，我们只能坐下一班了。
David"s career took off almost immediately when he was part of the Manchester United"s Youth Team that won the FA Youth Cup in 1992.
就在大卫作为曼联青年队的成员于1992年赢得英国足球总会青年杯以后，他的事业几乎马上开始腾飞。
In 1944, he met Edith Piaf, and his career took off.1944 年，他结识了伊迪思·比阿夫，从此他的事业开始腾飞。
This was the moment when Spielberg"s career really took off.这就是斯比尔伯格事业腾飞的契机。
I'm going to be rich. My business has taken off. 我要发财了。我的生意兴隆起来了。
I never liked his music, but it's taken off quite recently. Everyone is listening to it.
我从不喜欢他的音乐，但最近流行起来了。每个人都在听。
The new dictionary has really taken off.这部新词典极受欢迎。
Ticket sales took off after the first performance. 首场演出后，票房的销售量开始上升。
5.休假
He took two weeks off in August.
他在八月份休假了两个星期。
I'm going to take a day off work tomorrow.
我明天要请一天假。
She asked to take a week off next month for a holiday.
她要求下个月休假一周。
I"m taking the next week off.我下周要休假。
When his wife was sick he took off from work.他妻子生病的时候，他休假了。
I’ m going to take off without pay for a week or so.我打算请一星期左右的假(请假期间不拿工资)。
I'll take Friday off so we can leave on Thursday night. 我周五请假，所以我们周四晚上可以走。
Mitchel's schedule had not permitted him to take time off.米切尔的日程安排使他无法休假。
She took two days off work.她休了两天假。
6. 抢劫，盗窃，撬窃
They took off a supermarket.他们撬窃了一家超级市场。
7. 仿效，拙劣的模仿
Have you ever take your teacher off ?
你模仿过你的老师吗？
Mike can take off his father to perfection.迈克模仿爸爸时惟妙惟肖。
She takes off a drunk hilariously.她把一个醉鬼的样子模仿得令人发笑。
8.夺去；夺去…的生命，杀死(某人)
She was playing with a knife, so I took it off her.
她在玩一把刀子，于是我把刀子从她手里夺了过来。
Bairie didn’t want have to take off Lefty—like hell, he didn’ t.巴里并不想非要干掉莱夫蒂不可——他非常不想。
9. take off 出发
一般是指人的出发。比如：
I'm gonna take off. = I'm gonna leave. 我要走了。
When do you want to take off? We have an early day tomorrow. 你想几点离开？我们明天要早起。
