off the coast

英 美
  • 在海面上,离开海岸
  • coast n.海岸;海滨
  • off adv.表示状态的关闭或离开prep.离开;在...之外adj.空闲的;离开的;关闭的v.离开;脱下
  • the art.那;这;这些;那些adv.(用于比较级前)更加;用于最高级前;(用于形容词、副词比较级前)越...越...
    1. It is a lone island off the coast of Guangdong, a mere dot, so to speak, in the South China Sea.
      它是广东海岸边的一座孤岛,可说是南海上的一个小点。
    2. I look at Cuba, ninety miles off the coast of the United States.
      看看古巴,它离美国沿海仅九十英里。
    3. After months of drilling, oil was found off the coast.
      经数月钻探,在沿海找到了石油。
    4. They had been wrecked (ie shipwrecked) off the coast of Africa.
      他们的船在非洲沿海遇难损毁。