blow off course

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To affect negatively, often in an unexpected manner; to derail. figuratively,transitive
    — He deserves every credit for establishing Labour as the party of economic competence, for reversing a generation of neglect in the public services and for achieving more than any previous Prime Minister in promoting Britain's place in Europe, until the hurricane over his support for the war on Iraq blew him off course.

词形变化

blows off course present,singular,third-person blowing off course participle,present blew off course past blown off course participle,past

词源

In the Age of Sail, ships were occasionally diverted by unexpected winds, getting lost possibly to shipwreck or to a new destination. See blown off course on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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