shake off

柯林斯詞典

1. PHRASAL VERB If you shake off something that you do not want such as an illness or a bad habit, you manage to recover from it or get rid of it. 擺脫 (疾病、壞習(xí)慣等)
Businessmen are frantically trying to shake off the bad habits learned under six decades of a protected economy. 商人們拼命想擺脫60年來在保護(hù)經(jīng)濟下所養(yǎng)成的這些壞習(xí)慣。
2. PHRASAL VERB If you shake off someone who is following you, you manage to get away from them, for example, by running faster than them. 甩掉 (跟蹤者、跟隨者)
Although I could pass him I could not shake him off. 盡管我能超過他，卻不能甩掉他。