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

• The slightest touch may set off the mine.
  轻轻一碰就会引起地雷爆炸。
• With the development of the project item instruction, it plays more and more important role in the national economy. But lots of poverty risk from countryside resettles occur which easy touch off serious economical social and political issues.
  工程项目建设的不断发展，对国民经济日益章显出前所未有的重要性，但与此同时产生了大量面临贫困风险的农村移民，极易引发严重的经济、社会和政治问题。
• The first issue that internationalization of population flow will touch off is the freedom of citizen migration.
  人员流动的国际化，面临的首要问题就是公民的迁徙自由问题。
• A high performance touch off circuit for big power SCR
  大功率可控硅高性能触发电路
• The software timely touch off thyristor and control thyristor trigger angle in controllable scope. Consequently the soft starter is better reliability, stability and veracity.
  全数字电子软起动器的软件部分主要是如何根据需要准确及时的触发晶闸管，把晶闸管的触发角控制在可控的范围内，从而提高了软起动器的可靠性、稳定性和准确性。
• 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。
• This is an article about "black-whistle"," black foot-ball" and "injuring bears", which touch off heated debates in the country.
  本文针对在我国各界引起重大反响的“黑哨”、“黑球”与“伤熊”行为进行了深入的刑法学思考。
• 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。
• Therefore, tragedies, on the one hand, offer outlet for catharsis of peoples emotion and purification of the soul, and on the other hand, touch off peoples strong sense of life-force.
  故悲剧一方面能宣泄人的情绪，净化人的心灵，另一方面能触发人强烈的生命力感。
• For BTA cross zero touch off, sine wave which is exported is integrity.
  由于双向可控硅过零触发，所以其输出是不失真的完整正弦波；