动 fall，drop，fall behind，shed，come off ；

[例句] 诺韦洛说大学生每年在酒精饮品上会消费掉42亿美元。 Novello says college students will spend $4.2 billion yearly on alcoholic beverages.

[例句] 他用大衣袖子把碎屑掸掉。 He cleaned the flakes away with his coat sleeve.

zap，get rid of，dispose of，make an end of，remove from ；

[例句] 他宣称他们已雇了刺客来除掉他。 He alleged that they had hired an assassin to dispose of him.

[例句] 在非常严重的情况下，拇趾囊肿可能需要通过外科手术切除掉。 In very severe cases, bunions may be surgically removed.

forget，let slip from one's mind，unlearn ；

[例句] 他显然已经忘掉了我的来意。 The reason for my visit had obviously slipped his mind.

[例句] 我发现忘掉萨姆纳很容易。 I found it very easy to forget about Sumner.

drop out，drop off，fall behind，lag behind，break the ranks ；

[例句] 两名掉队者落后了20码。 There were two stragglers twenty yards back.

[例句] 我们爬山时,他掉队了. He fell behind when we were climbing the mountain.

exchange，change，swop，swap ；

[例句] 去把湿衣服脱掉换上乾的. Go and change out of those damp clothes into something dry.

[例句] 当你横过溪流的时候,不要掉换你的马匹. Do not swap horses when crossing a stream.

do away with，get rid of，abandon，put off，got rid of ；

[例句] 去掉熏肉的外皮，再把每一片熏肉切成两半。 Discard the bacon rind and cut each rasher in half.

[例句] 要是炖鸡块的话，先去掉鸡皮。 If you casserole chicken pieces, take the skin off first.

elide，erase from，line through，run through，score out ；

[例句] 他划掉了“编剧”二字，改为“作者”。 He crossed out "Screenplay" and put "Written by" instead.

[例句] 霍尔小姐点名后把它们一一划掉。 Miss Hoare called out names and marked them off.

erase，abrase，rub (out, off)，expunge，rub away ；

[例句] 她擦掉嘴角的面包屑。 She flicked a crumb off the corner of her mouth.

[例句] 他摇摇头，用纸巾擦掉眼泪。 He shook his head and wiped his tears with a tissue.

do for，finish off，kill，spifflicate ；

[例句] 恐吓或者干掉詹姆斯·辛克莱对谁会有好处？ Whom would it profit to terrify or to kill James Sinclair?

[例句] 任何借助望远镜瞄准器的像样射手都可以随意把我们逐个干掉。 Any decent shot with telescopic sights could pick us off at random.

sell off，sell out，put off，dispose of，go off ；

[例句] 他们将把肉当作宠物食品卖掉。 They would sell the meat off as pet food.

[例句] 我把我所有的东西都卖掉了，只剩下汽车和书。 I sold everything I owned except for my car and my books.

switching，breaking，shut off，tune out，turn off ；

[例句] 阿诺德关掉发动机，下了车。 Arnold stopped the engine and got out of the car.

[例句] 灯光有点太刺眼了。你可以把灯关掉。 The light's a bit too harsh. You can turn it off.

drain，run off ；

[例句] 水很快就会流掉. The water will soon drain away [ off ].

[例句] 我们不能让这水白白流掉. We mustn't let the water run to waste.

wash out ；

[例句] 劳动的汗水冲掉了他身上的 官气. The sweat of labour washed away his bureaucratic [ official ] airs .

[例句] 泪水把她脸上的脂粉都冲掉了. Her tears washed away the paint from her face.

play away，lose out ；

[例句] 输掉一场比赛会让他暴跳如雷。 Losing a game would cause him to fly into a rage.

[例句] 伯恩斯坦输掉了官司，但从未因此而怨恨格伦迪。 Berns-tein lost the case, but never held it against Grundy.

take down ；

[例句] 他们拆掉了木栅栏，并砍去了一些树枝。 They've torn down wooden fences and broken branches off trees.

[例句] 他们拆掉户籍登记处后，那里留下了一片空地。 They'd pulled the registry office down which then left an open space.

cut out，expunge ；

[例句] 影星马龙·白兰度要求把他的名字从演职员表中删掉。 The star Marlon Brando wants his name removed from the credits.

[例句] 他删掉fellowsubjects，插入替换词fellowcitizens。 He crossed out "fellow subjects", and instead inserted "fellow citizens".

change over ；

[例句] 是的, 但还是外汇掉期业务市场也是其中之一. You are right. But we say swap market of foreign exchange is also one of them.

[例句] 高盛(GoldmanSachs)等另外一些银行也打算开始铁矿石掉期交易. Others, such as Goldman Sachs, aim to start trading iron ore swaps.

ring off ；

[例句] 当她批评他的工作时,他怒气冲冲地走掉了. He went off in a huff when she criticized his work.

[例句] 我就这样匆忙走掉了,很抱歉. I'm sorry to have to rush off like this.

take off，molt，put off ；

[例句] 尽管很热，他还是脱掉工作服换上了西装和领带。 Despite the heat, he'd swapped his overalls for a suit and tie.

[例句] 她脱掉了鞋子，大概是因为脚疼。 She took off her shoes, doubtless because her feet hurt.

omit，spare ；

[例句] 如果事先稍微考虑一下的话,就会省掉你以后的许多麻烦了. A little forethought would have saved you much trouble afterwards.

[例句] 我要省掉那道甜食. I shall miss out the sweet course.