off-duty

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

Only luck has prevented the dissidents from killing anyone since March last year, when two off-duty soldiers and a policeman were murdered.
去年三月，兩名下了班的士兵和一位警察被謀殺，自此之後這些持不同政見者都沒有再殺人——這要?dú)w功於運(yùn)氣。
They saw a homeless man leaving a shop and started to bully him. An off-duty policeman heard the commotion and intervened; he was shot and killed.
他們看到一個(gè)流浪漢正要從一個(gè)商店離開，便開始恫嚇?biāo)?，恰巧一名下班的警察聽到了喧閙竝予以乾涉，結(jié)果遭到槍擊身亡。
Phone lines were knocked out, forcing emergency rescue services to appeal over local radio stations for off-duty doctors and nurses to report for duty.
道路被倒下來的樹木和石塊阻塞，部分地區(qū)電力、通訊中斷，爲(wèi)緊急服務(wù)措施的實(shí)施增添了難度，他們衹能使用電臺(tái)呼叫沒有值班的毉護(hù)人員前來救援。馬德拉島的機(jī)場被迫關(guān)閉，豐沙爾市長建議儅地居民呆在家中不要外出。

With his unfettered wavy white curls and unshaven jowls he fittingly resembles a sea captain off-duty.
FORBES: Oysters Are Back In New York City Waters
The friend shot and killed an off-duty policeman while trying to escape, then killed himself.
NEWYORKER: Hellhole

When someone such as a soldier or police officer is off-duty, they are not working.