tear yourself away
tear yourself away — 片語動詞
- tear yourself awaybase form
- tears yourself away3rd person singular
- tearing yourself away-ing form
- tore yourself awaypast simple
- torn yourself awaypast participle
1. to force yourself to stop looking at or leave a person, place, or activity that
忍痛離去
強迫自己離開喜愛的人事物
to force yourself to stop looking at or leave a person, place, or activity that you find very interesting or enjoyable, especially when you feel you should move on to something else.
Liam could not tear himself away from the detective novel he had started at midnight.
Liam 無法將自己從那本他半夜開始讀的偵探小說中抽離。
tear + reflexive pronoun + away from [something absorbing]
Salma finally tore herself away from the stunning sunset view over the valley.
Salma 終於強迫自己離開山谷上那片令人驚嘆的日落美景。
The children could not tear themselves away from the puppy in the shop window.
孩子們無法把目光從商店櫥窗裡那隻小狗身上移開。
Kenji tore his eyes away from the computer screen when his mother called him.
Kenji 的媽媽喊他時，他才將視線從電腦螢幕上移開。
- drag oneself away
stronger physical effort implied; less common
- pull oneself away
equally common; slightly less dramatic than 'tear'
- leave reluctantly
more formal; describes the result rather than the effort
文法句型
tear + reflexive pronoun + away + from + noun phrase
用法筆記
Commonly used in negative constructions (couldn't / could not tear oneself away) or in the imperative with a forced tone. The direct object is a reflexive pronoun matching the subject: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.