1.take effect 生效;起作用
例句:International sanctions were beginning to take effect.
國際制裁開始起作用了。
2.struck down 打倒;擊殺
例句:Frank had been struck down by a massive heart attack.
弗蘭克的身體已經被一場嚴重的心臟病拖垮了。
3.shrug off 擺脫;抖去
例句:It took me a long time to shrug off the effect of a drug.
我花了好長時間才擺脫了藥物的影響。
4.let off 放出;準許
例句:In those days they didn't let you off work to go home very often.
在當時,他們并不經常準許請假回家。