goof-off

基本解釋

I'll go on the off-chance of seeing her.
我想去一趟，看能不能見(jiàn)到她。
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Billions of dollars of branded blockbuster drugs are due to go off-patent in 2009 and 2010.
價(jià)值上萬(wàn)億美元的名牌葯物將在2009年和2010年失去專(zhuān)利保護(hù)。
Because cereal bars rarely have more than 2 grams of protein, kids might be better off adding a stick of Go-Gurt!
因爲(wèi)麥片棒的蛋白質(zhì)含量很少會(huì)超過(guò)2尅，所以最好是給小孩子另加一根Go-Gurt！
bbs.chinadaily.com.cn

Many people now see it as a distinct possibility that several bond insurers will lose their triple-A ratings and go into run-off because of their massive exposures to troubled credit derivatives.
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Income tax is one possible target—not least because far more of the benefit of a 10p tax rate would go to the better-off than to the poor, some of whom earn too little to pay tax.
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This could result in the creation of a new internal business unit, or could go so far as the creation of a spin-off company.
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If someone goofs off, they spend their time doing nothing, often when they should be working.