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 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。
• This explosive needs to be handled very carefully; the slightest jolt will touch it off.
  摆弄这种炸药要非常当心，稍有震摇就会使它爆炸。
• Destination is not important, the important thing is that journey can touch off your inner feeling or not.
  目的地本身并不重要，重要的是它是否能触发内心的某种感受！
• 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。
• 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 new pulse voltage setup is designed to touch off the pre-pulse, which is able to work stably in very adverse electromagnetic environment, and the security and reliability of the discharge setup is raised.
  设计制作了新的预脉冲触发装置，提高了抗电磁干扰能力、安全性和可靠性。额定电压下，出口发生三相短路时，不会造成损坏。
• 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。
• The intention is to touch off the popular application of surface SH wave to industrial testing throughout the country and the development of new ultrasonic testing technique.
  希望对国内普及表面SH波工业检测、开辟超声新技术起启发作用。
• Students can be inspired with enthusiasm in a cordial and friendly classroom atmosphere. They will be active in thinking, finding it easy to touch off associations and making new connections at various knowledge nodes.
  良好的课堂氛围能使学生精神振奋、思维活跃，容易触发联想，在知识上形成新的联系。
• 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。