kick-off

kick-off

　　美 ['kɪkɔf]

n. 開球；剔除；分離

中文詞源：

kick-off 開始，開賽

比喻用法。

例句：

1. Dave pulled a back muscle and could barely kick the ball.
戴夫背部拉傷，幾乎沒法踢球。

2. I went to kick the ball and I completely missed it.
我去踢球卻踢瞭個空。

3. In the end I just couldn't kick Jimmy when he was down.
最後我就是無法做到在吉米倒黴時落井下石。

4. I got a kick out of seeing my name in print.
當看到我的名字印成鉛字時，我感到無比興奮。

5. My kick wasn't half a bad effort for an old man.
像我這把年紀的人，老腿確實不聽使喚瞭。