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

• 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。
• Although the capitalist world system is in powerful position all along, its decline is inevitable, and probably will touch off big upheaval.
  虽然资本主义世界体系一直处于强势地位，但其衰落势所必然，并有可能引发大的动乱。
• 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。
• Some slight incident may touch off a major war.
  一件小事可以触发一场大战。
• 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。
• 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。
• Design two different tasks to implement the communication of CAN Bus and Ethernet, specifically introduced how to divide tasks in multitask programming, set tasks priority, communication between tasks and event touch off.
  设计了两个独立运行的任务来完成CAN总线和以太网的双向数据通讯，详细介绍了在嵌入式多任务程序设计中任务的划分、任务优先级的设定、任务之间的通讯和事件驱动等主要内容。
• The slightest touch may set off the mine.
  轻轻一碰就会引起地雷爆炸。
• However, the introduction of foreign banks itself can be a two-blade sword, which serves for the economic development in the guest states and at the same time brings about challenges to the stability and safety of financial market. It could also touch off world-wide finance crisis.
  但是，引进外资银行本身也是一把双刃剑，它在有利于东道国经济发展的同时，也会给东道国金融市场的稳定和安全带来新的挑战，甚至可能引发金融危机。
• 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。