send-off

英 [ˈsend ɒf]

美 [ˈsend ɔːf]

n.  送行; 送别

牛津词典

noun

• 送行；送别
  an occasion when people come together to say goodbye to sb who is leaving

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 欢送会;送行;送别
  If a group of people give someone who is going away asend-off, they come together to say goodbye to them.
  1. All the people in the buildings came to give me a rousing send-off.
     大楼里所有的人都热情地来给我送行。

英英释义

noun

• an organized expression of goodwill at the start of a trip or new venture
  Synonym:bon voyage
• a start given to contestants
  1. I was there with my parents at the kickoff
  Synonym:kickoffstart-off

双语例句

• The delegation was given a warm send-off at the airport.
  我们在机场热烈欢送代表团。
• Yes, my friend David is leaving tomorrow and I'd like to give him a proper send-off.
  啊，我的朋友大卫明天就要走了，所以我想为他举行一个送别宴。
• Before I left they prepared a send-off party for me.
  临行之时他们准备了宴席为我送行。
• About two dozen athletes joined Bush in the Rose Garden and he gave them a rousing White House send-off to next month's Olympic Games in China.
  大约几十个运动员同布什一起来到玫瑰花园，对于下个月在中国举行的奥运会，布什总统给他们举行了令人振奋的白宫送行。
• Today we gather here to have a send-off meeting, as Mr Li, our good friend, is going to leave for his homeland tomorrow.
  今天我们聚集在这里开一个欢送会，因为我们的好朋友，李先生明天就要回国了。
• We were given a great send-off at the airport.
  我们在机场受到热烈的欢送。
• They certainly gave us a fine send-off.
  他们确实很热情地为我们送了行。
• The Wall Street Journal reports that hundreds of fans arrived at his send-off, where he was sporting short hair.
  据报道称，数百名粉丝为Rain送行，而Rain也是一头清爽的短发。
• If he'd played in that match he would have got a great send-off and it all would have been fine.
  如果他踢了那场比赛一切都会没事，我们会为他送别。
• In addition, the horse images of Xin Ci are also shown in the service of sightseeing topic, and largely used in send-off poems serving as foils to noble identities of horse riders as well as the grand occasions.
  另外，辛词中的马意象还表现在为游冶与游春主题服务，在大量的送别诗中使用，以马衬托骑马人之高贵身份，以及以宝马、众马衬托场面之壮观。