offline

IPA/ˌɒfˈlaɪn/
KK[ˈɔflˌaɪn]IPA/ˌɔːfˈlaɪn/

offline — 形容詞

  • offlinepositive
  • more offlinecomparative
  • most offlinesuperlative

1. describes a computer, phone, or other device that is not currently linked to the

1.形容詞B1
釋義

離線的

未連上網路或系統的狀態

describes a computer, phone, or other device that is not currently linked to the internet or to a larger system; can also describe an activity done while not connected, such as reading a saved article without a network.

例句

Maya kept her laptop offline during the long flight to Tokyo.

Maya 在飛往東京的長途班機上讓筆電一直保持離線。

predicate adjective: kept [device] offline

The hotel printer is offline, so guests cannot send any documents to it tonight.

飯店的印表機目前離線，所以今晚客人無法把文件傳過去列印。

be offline = unable to receive jobs over the network

常見搭配
  • go offline
  • stay offline
  • work offline
  • read offline
  • save for offline use
  • offline mode
同義詞
  • disconnected

    general; can describe any broken link, not only digital

  • unplugged

    informal; suggests a deliberate break from screens

  • down

    for systems or servers that have stopped working temporarily

反義詞
  • online

    connected to the internet or a network

  • connected

    broader opposite, covers any active link

文法句型

be offline

go offline

work offline

用法筆記

Used both as a predicate adjective (the server is offline) and as an adverb (work offline, save it offline). Subject is usually a device, system, account, or person doing a digital activity.

常見錯誤

Please put the document on offline.
Please save the document for offline use.
'offline' does not take 'on'; it stands alone or follows a noun like 'use' or 'mode'.
I am offline yesterday.
I was offline yesterday.
pair with 'be' tense matching the time, not present 'am' for past events.
慣用語

take something offline

idiom

To discuss a topic later, usually because it is not suitable for the current meeting.

私下討論

Maya suggested they take the budget issue offline after the meeting.

Can we take this discussion offline and focus on the main agenda now?

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • offline mode
  • offline access
  • offline storage
  • offline event
  • offline meeting

副詞搭配

  • completely offline
  • temporarily offline
  • currently offline

常用片語

介系詞搭配

  • offline for [period]
  • offline since [time]