get off
1．（cause to） leave（a vehicle）（使）下（车）
The bus driver got the passengers off in time．公共汽车司机让乘客及时下了车。
Sue got off the train at the wrong station．苏下错了火车站。
2．leave；start 离开；出发
We got off early and arrived be fore lunch．我们出发得早，所以午饭前就赶到了。
The plane got off on time．飞机准时起飞了。
We got off immediately after breakfast．早饭后，我们立即就出发了。
3．clean or remove（a mark， dirt，etc．）擦去（污渍等）
There's a dirty mark on the wall that I can't get off．墙上有个污渍我无法擦掉。
I couldn't get the coffee stains off my shirt．我无法去掉我衬衫上的咖啡污迹。
4．tabe off 脱掉
His mother told him to get his wet clothes off．他妈妈要他把湿衣服脱掉。
5．（cause to）leave； not remain on （使）离开；不要停留在…之上
That grass is newly seeded；please get off．草地刚播种，请走开。
Getting children off to school is tiring work．催促孩子们去上学是件烦人的事情。
We got him off on the evening train．我们送他搭晚车走了。
6．save； rescue救出
The last three sailors were got off just before the ship sank． 最后3名水手刚得救船就沉了。
The crew of the stranded yacht were in danger but we got them off，那艘搁浅帆船上的船员处于危险之中，但我们把他们救出来了。
7．escape or nearly escape punishment；save from punishment逃避惩罚；使免遭惩罚
The thieves got off lightly，as the judge was not severe with them．由于法官对窃贼不那么严厉，他们轻易地就逃避了惩罚。
He got off with a warning．他受了一次警告就完事了。
The judge got him off， but he wouldn't have got him off so easily if it hadn't been a first offence．法官从轻发落了他，若不是初犯，他是不会这么轻而易举地放过他的。
The lawyer got his client off．律师使他的委托人免遭惩罚。
It was his youth and inexperience that got him off．他因年幼无知而受到从宽处理。
8．escape from；free from 逃避；摆脱
No one should get off paying his taxes．任何人都不应逃税。
He managed to get off doing this kind of dirty work．他设法逃避干这类脏活儿。
9．escape or nearly escape injury in an accident 在事故中免受伤害或损失
Fortunately the two cars didn't crash head on，so Bill got off with nothing worse than a bad fright．幸好这两部车没有迎头相撞，所以比尔只是受了一场惊吓。
10．send； go； dispatch by post （把信件等）邮寄出去
I want to get this package off at once．我想把这个包裹马上寄走。
Please get the letter off by the five o'clock post．请把这些信件通过5点的那趟邮次发出去。
We got the orders off promptly．我们准时发出了订单。
11．make a joke说笑话
The lecturer got off one or two very amusing jokes．演讲者讲了一两个极有趣的笑话。
12．learn by heart；memorize 背诵
The teacher asked his students to get off the passage by heart．老师要学生把这段文章背下来。