write off

英 [ˈraɪt ɒf]

美 [ˈraɪt ɔːf]

（向公司或机构）去函，发信; 勾销，注销（债务或已花费的款项）; 认定…不重要（或无用）; 忽视; （发生撞车后）将（车辆）报废; 取消（计划或项目）

BEC化学

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (向公司或机构)去函，发信
  If youwrite offto a company or organization, you send them a letter, usually asking for something.
  1. He wrote off to the New Zealand Government for these pamphlets about life in New Zealand.
     他给新西兰政府去函，索取介绍新西兰生活的宣传册。
• PHRASAL VERB 勾销，注销(债务或已花费的款项)
  If someonewrites offa debt or an amount of money that has been spent on a project, they accept that they are never going to get the money back.
  1. The president persuaded the West to write off Polish debts...
     总统说通西方免除波兰的债务。
  2. He had long since written off the money.
     他很早就将那笔钱勾销了。
• PHRASAL VERB 认定…不重要(或无用)；忽视
  If youwritesomeone or somethingoff, you decide that they are unimportant or useless and that they are not worth further serious attention.
  1. He is fed up with people writing him off because of his age...
     他很讨厌大家因为他的年纪而小看他。
  2. His critics write him off as too cautious to succeed...
     批评他的人不把他当回事，认为他太过谨慎，不能成事。
  3. Most voters care more about jobs and therefore the Government can write off voters motivated by environmental issues...
     大多数选民更在乎工作，因此政府可以不必在意那些关注环境问题的选民。
  4. These people are difficult to write off as malingering employees.
     很难将这些人简单地看作是装病怠工的员工。
• PHRASAL VERB (发生撞车后)将(车辆)报废
  If someonewrites offa vehicle, they have a crash in it and it is so badly damaged that it is not worth repairing.
  1. John's written off four cars. Now he sticks to public transport...
     约翰已经报废了4辆车，现在他一直坐公交车。
  2. One of Pete's friends wrote his car off there.
     皮特的一个朋友在那儿把他的汽车撞毁了。
• PHRASAL VERB 取消(计划或项目)
  If youwrite offa plan or project, you accept that it is not going to be successful and do not continue with it.
  1. We decided to write off the rest of the day and go shopping...
     我们决定取消当天其余日程去购物。
  2. The prices were much higher. So we decided to write that off...
     价格高出很多，所以我们决定将它取消。
  3. It's too soon to write off the whole consultation process as a failure...
     现在就认定整个磋商过程不成功而想要放弃还为时过早。
  4. They've stopped the project and will write this off as part of the growing pains of a new organization.
     他们已经叫停并将取消该项目，将其视作新机构发展过程中必须经历的一种痛楚。
• See also:write-off

英英释义

verb

• reduce the estimated value of something
  1. For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer
  Synonym:expensewrite down
• concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody
  1. write it off as a loss
• write something fluently, and without hesitation
• cancel (a debt)

双语例句

• These people are difficult to write off as malingering employees.
  很难将这些人简单地看作是装病怠工的员工。
• We're going to write off several items on our taxes.
  我们准备取消我们税金中的几条项目。
• The rich countries in the West should write off the debts of the Third World.
  西方发达国家应该取消第三世界的欠款。
• This is why many observers write off other companies as also-rans.
  这也是为什么许多观察人士将其他手机公司一概归入失败者的行列。
• The president persuaded the West to write off Polish debts
  总统说通西方免除波兰的债务。
• As the man was unemployed, the Council decided to write off the arrears of rent.
  因为这个人失业，地方议会决定取消其欠租。
• They first assumed European banks had to write off all the nonperforming loans that are not covered by reserves.
  他们首先假定欧洲的银行被迫减记了准备金未覆盖的所有不良贷款。
• It's too soon to write off the whole consultation process as a failure
  现在就认定整个磋商过程不成功而想要放弃还为时过早。
• He generously agreed to write off the debt in return for certain services.
  他慷慨地同意取消这笔债款，但要用某些服务工作作为交换条件。
• His critics write him off as too cautious to succeed
  批评他的人不把他当回事，认为他太过谨慎，不能成事。