"polish off" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 喫光
• 幹掉 (食物)

Definition

很快且徹底地完成某事，尤其用在喫光食物。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

口語用法，多用於很快喫完食物，也能指很快做完某件事，但主要還是喫東西。與 'finish off' 意思接近，但感覺更活潑。

Examples

He polished off his dinner in five minutes.

他五分鐘就把晚餐**喫光**了。

They polished off a whole cake together.

他們一起把整個蛋糕**喫光**了。

I was hungry, so I polished off my lunch quickly.

我餓了，所以很快就把午餐**喫光**了。

We barely talked; she just polished off her burger and left.

我們幾乎沒說話，她就是把漢堡**喫光**就離開了。

Those kids could polish off a pizza in seconds!

那些孩子幾秒就能把披薩**喫光**！

Let's polish off these leftovers before they go bad.

我們趕快把這些剩菜**喫光**，免得壞了。